Salamander Chronicles

**Just a quick note, the official dates on all of these posts will be incorrect because I recently had a problem with my previous WordPress account.  I am re-posting all of my blog posts and will keep better track of my blog back ups in the future.  I will also include the approximate date each post was made at the top of each new blog post.**

APRIL 2012

This blog will chronicle the adventures of my dissertation research at Ohio University. I will be starting my field work this spring and it will continue through 2014. I will be conducting all of this work throughout the Appalachian Mountains including the Great Smokey Mountains and Blue Ridge Parkway National Parks, as well as Pisgah, Cherokee, and Wayne National Forests. I plan on using this blog to post stories and photographs of my research and associated travels. I fully anticipate having a very exciting three years doing my dissertation work (if you find hiking, looking for salamanders, traveling, and attending the occasional conference exciting…which I do). I will also post interesting research on salamanders or other generally cool research regarding evolution or ecology that I come across.