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Wendell Haag received the 2023 Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions that have advanced the science and conservation of freshwater mollusks.

Hochatown, Oklahoma was once a booming timber town. The area is known for its rich cultural history over land rights, forced resettlement by Native American tribes, timber industries, and more recently the development of a luxury cabin industry. A new story map from the USDA Forest Service and partners explains what these changes mean to the area’s ecological diversity and wildfire.

In 1987, Glen Johnson heard the call of the dusky gopher frog, which sounds like a snore. He was the first to report hearing its call since the 1950s. He found a breeding population of the dusky gopher frog at a pond on the De Soto National Forest in Mississippi.