By Maddie Paris, Guest Writer Hey there, NERRds! Today we have a special blog post written by one of our summer interns here at the GTM Research Reserve. So sit back, grab your coffee, and we hope you enjoy! Working at GTM has been a whirlwind. Among many other skills, I’ve learned how to design…
Category: Adventure On
Baby Snake Release Party
By Jessica Lee, Guest Writer Interning at GTM is full of surprises. One of my favorites so far was the day we got to release 20 baby rat snakes into the wild. Back in June, a yellow rat snake (Pantherophis obsoleta quadrivittata) unexpectedly laid eggs while in captivity. I say unexpectedly because the mama snake…
NERRd OUT of water
By Jessica Lee, Guest Writer Like any good intern, when my supervisor Shannon asked me if I wanted to spend a day with Resource Management, I said yes without hesitation. It wasn’t until after she left the room that I thought to ask, “What is resource management?” Perhaps I should have taken notice to what…
Teambuilding in Tallahassee: Where do our samples go?
Hey there, it’s been awhile. Many of you know how summer field seasons go – in the blink of an eye, that’s how! It feels like just yesterday we were planning for the upcoming summer of our own monitoring as well as assisting visiting scientists conducting their research at the Reserve. Alas, time flew and…
Florida Institute of Oceanography visits the GTMNERR again
By Sam Shaw, Guest Writer What is better than walking mangrove transects in the marsh on a hot and sunny day? Walking them on an overcast and rainy day, without a doubt. For this year’s Florida Institute of Oceanography’s Marine Field Studies class, a group of students was able to experience what it takes to conduct…
Take two!
By Shannon Dunnigan Don’t ever be afraid to ask for help. When our water quality housing broke [again] at our San Sebastian site (remember when we talked about replacing that darn thing??) in January, we threw in the towel and asked for help in making that station better. Clearly, after breaking for a second time in…
Eclipsing the sensor
The following post was written by a guest writer and a true fellow NERRd! Seriously, though, she works at another NERR… Kim Cressman is the Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator for Grand Bay NERR and a part of the SWMPrats team. She has a master’s degree in marine biology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington,…
Lost and Found at the Boat Ramp
by Mathew Monroe Working as a field biologist you never know what you will see or find. Here where I work at the GTM NERR, beautiful sunrises on the water and dolphin playing are not an uncommon site. The wildlife and the natural areas are abundant surrounding the oldest city in the United States, St….
Monitoring with Florida Institute of Oceanography
By Nikki Dix Participants in Florida Institute of Oceanography’s Marine Field Studies class assisted GTM Research Reserve biologists (yes, us NERRds!) in our annual mangrove monitoring this past May. This is a multi-university intensive marine science course that exposes undergraduate students to each part of the state of Florida. While with the GTM biologists, students…
It’s always an adventure!
Hi, I’m Bailey, the GTMNERR research intern for summer 2017! A little bit about me – I’m a senior undergraduate Coastal Biology major at the University of North Florida. I am so thankful to be a part of the GTM team this summer, and if you see me around the educational center, I will surely…
Collaboration in mapping and monitoring of Florida’s oysters
By Silas Tanner & Nikki Dix The first Oyster Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program (OIMMP) meeting was held February 23-24 at the GTMNERR. OIMMP, which is led by the FWRI Coastal Wetlands Group, aims to inventory oyster mapping and monitoring programs around the state, enhance communication among practitioners, identify data gaps, and initiate pilot-scale mapping…
the mosquitoes were worth it
By Shannon Dunnigan This past month we visited a sister Reserve located in Sapelo Island, Georgia. The Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) was officially designated in December of 1976. With our fantastic hosts, SINERR Research Coordinator Rachel Guy and Education Coordinator Adam Mackinnon, we got the royal treatment and were taken on an adventure…
NERRds on the Water 