Rare Turtles, including wood turtle, eastern box turtle, bog turtle, spiny softshell turtle, spotted turtle, eastern musk turtle.

Rare Salamanders, including Jefferson salamander, blue-spotted salamander, marbled salamander, northern spring salamander, four-toed salamander.

Rare Snakes, including eastern worm snake, eastern ribbon snake, black racer, eastern hognose snake.

• Sampling protocols and study designs for different species, habitats, and objectives
• Survey techniques: visual, tactile, auditory, aquatic traps, coverboards, drift fences and pit-fall traps, snorkeling, and SCUBA
• Species identification, including amphibian larvae and egg masses
• Habitat assessment and mapping
• Long-term population monitoring: radiotelemetry and mark-recapture
• Home range and population size estimates
• Qualitative surveys and inventories
• Vernal pool surveys and certification
• Environmental impact studies
• Pre-construction sweeps, relocation
• Data analysis, presentation, and reporting
• Develop conservation and management plans

• Survey of Vernal Pools and State-listed Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tully Lake Flood Control Project in Massachusetts
• Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Survey in the Shetucket River for the Scotland Hydroelectric Project
• Behavior and Ecology of the Eastern Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus) in Massachusetts
• Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) surveys and monitoring for proposed construction and development projects throughout Massachusetts
• SCUBA diving services for a spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera) monitoring project in Lake Champlain in Vermont
• Research on the distribution, movement, and ecology of eastern box turtles and wood turtles in Massachusetts
• Research on the ecology of the eastern musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) in Massachusetts
• Research on bog turtles (Clemmys muhlenbergii) in Connecticut and Massachusetts
• Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) Survey for a Proposed Development in Holyoke, Massachusetts