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10/13/2026

Pitcher plant bogs are a unique and important part of the South Mississippi landscape.

Wiregrass is working on roughly 500 acres of restoration aimed at bringing back native vegetation and biodiversity across this ecosystem.

Bogs can function like natural sponges, absorbing and regulating water during heavy rainfall while also storing carbon. They’re also home to pitcher plants - carnivorous plants that collect water and insects inside their pitchers.

Restoring these areas helps protect a distinctive habitat and the plant communities that depend on it.

10/06/2026

Sometimes improving the health of a forest means removing the right trees.

In Southern Illinois, Wiregrass crews are performing manual midstory control and timber stand improvement. By removing undesirable woody competition, desirable trees like oak and hickory gain more access to sunlight, water, nutrients, and growing space.

Opening up the midstory also allows additional sunlight to reach the forest floor, encouraging native grasses, forbs, berries, and natural regeneration. That improved groundcover can provide valuable food and cover for deer, wild turkey, songbirds, pollinators, and other wildlife.

The work can also improve long-term forest structure, timber value, and help prepare the stand for future management practices such as prescribed fire.

09/29/2026

Taking back wetland habitat, one Phragmites stem at a time.

Invasive Phragmites can spread aggressively through wetlands, forming dense stands that crowd out native vegetation.

Wiregrass crews are using backpack sprayers to carefully target Phragmites while working through wet ditches, marsh edges, drainage areas, mud, roots, and dense vegetation.

Reducing Phragmites creates more space for native wetland plants to recover and helps support more diverse habitat for waterfowl, amphibians, insects, and other wildlife.

09/18/2026

Cogongrass is a serious invasive species throughout Mississippi and much of the Southeast.

On this property in Jones County, it has spread throughout a longleaf pine stand, crowding out native vegetation and creating a dense monoculture with little value for wildlife.

Wiregrass is working with the landowner to control the infestation through a broadcast herbicide application. Reducing the cogongrass allows native vegetation to recover, helping improve forest health, plant diversity, wildlife forage, and habitat.

09/14/2026

How can biologists tell whether a young red-cockaded woodpecker is male or female? 🐦

About two weeks after these nestlings were banded, we returned when they were around 20 days old to check on their progress.

At this age, young males develop a red spot on the top of the head, while females have an all-black head. These follow-up checks also help confirm which birds have survived and provide important information for future monitoring.

09/11/2026

How do biologists keep track of individual red-cockaded woodpeckers? 🐦

While checking nest activity in southeastern Arkansas, these young nestlings are fitted with color bands along with an individually numbered metal band. The combination helps biologists identify where and when a bird was banded and recognize that individual again in the future.

In Part 2, we’ll return when the birds are around 20 days old to check on their progress.

09/02/2026

Why more sunlight means better wildlife habitat 🌲

A dense forest canopy can block sunlight from reaching the ground, limiting the grasses, forbs, and other vegetation wildlife depend on.

By opening up the canopy through proper forest management, more sunlight can reach the forest floor - creating better food and cover for species like deer, grouse, and turkey while also helping improve the long-term value of the timber.

Lately… WEA scientists have been busy with field studies in properties across Alabama, Georgia and Texas. The goal of th...
05/13/2026

Lately… WEA scientists have been busy with field studies in properties across Alabama, Georgia and Texas. The goal of this project is to monitor biodiversity across various sites within 9 different categories. Lichens, mosses, fungi, bats, birds, spiders, flying and ground beetles and plants (to name a few!); have all been studied. Check back for updates on the project and more insight 🙌🏻

Forestry is a tool for regeneration, protection, biodiversity, safety and sustainability. 🌱 Prioritizing and working wit...
04/22/2026

Forestry is a tool for regeneration, protection, biodiversity, safety and sustainability. 🌱 Prioritizing and working with nature ensures flora and fauna will thrive for generations to come. Cheers to the incredible worldwide community putting in the work today for a healthier forest tomorrow 🌲

The 2026 Red-cockaded Woodpecker breeding season has once again started early this year! Group composition surveys throu...
04/20/2026

The 2026 Red-cockaded Woodpecker breeding season has once again started early this year! Group composition surveys throughout this season will help confirm, and track, continued population growth and stability of the species. This monitoring effort is part of a long term project with efforts that began in 2016; with new breeding populations and nesting clusters having successfully expanded on their own in the last few years. The continued success of the project and long term value of reintroduction efforts are exciting and evident 🙌🏻 Check back in for more updates in the coming weeks!

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Bainbridge, GA
39819

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