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    Biology and IESA faculty members create a snake app

    May 7, 2019
    Jessica Patterson collaborated with Dr. Allison Bailey and student Jacob Lougee to develop an app to pinpoint the location of snakes in northeast Georgia. The app allows the user to record the characteristics of a snake. Patterson is a lecturer of biology and Bailey is an associate professor of geography and environmental studies in the Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis. Lougee is from Duluth, Georgia, and pursuing a degree in environmental and spatial analysis.

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    A copperhead, worm snake, scarlet snake, black racer and timber rattlesnake are among the 20-plus species that can be identified with the "Snake ID for Citizens" app developed by University of North Georgia (UNG) faculty and students.

    Jessica Patterson, lecturer of biology, collaborated with Dr. Allison Bailey, associate professor of geography and environmental studies in the Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis (IESA) at UNG, and UNG student Jacob Lougee to develop the app. Its purpose is to find snakes possibly suffering from a deadly fungal pathogen and pinpoint their location. This information can then be viewed in a web map in ArcGIS online and shared with the student researchers at UNG's SCALE lab.

    "It provides a checklist of a snake symptoms such as crusty skin, swollen face or lesions," Patterson said. "It allows someone to take a picture of the snake with a cellphone."

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    The Snake ID for Citizens app can be used to identify snakes, their characteristics and location in northeast Georgia.

    The first step, though, is to identify the snake. Individuals may scroll through pictures of snakes accompanied with its common and species name and select the proper one. Then a drop-down menu also allows people to select the snake's age, weather conditions, and observed behavior. They may also fill out the snake's habitat and more importantly, the health and location of the snake.

    "I'm using that information as a guide for where my research team comprised of students can look for snakes that may be sick and need to be tested for snake fungal disease," Patterson said. 

    Employees from Elachee Nature Science Center, a regional environmental education center and recreation destination near UNG’s Gainesville Campus, will join the effort.

    To participate in the survey or download the app, visit  https://arcg.is/18ieS0.

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    Ethics events provide training for students

    Ethics events provide training for students

    UNG's Ethics Bowl team participated in its national competition March 4-5, and UNG's cadet Ethics Bowl team will host the first Senior Military College Ethics Bowl on March 25.
    Students present research at Capitol

    Students present research at Capitol

    Four UNG students presented at Posters at the Capitol event held Feb. 27 in Atlanta. The Georgia Undergraduate Research Collective organized the event.
    CURCA mini-grant  winners announced

    CURCA mini-grant winners announced

    UNG's Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities has announced its student-faculty collaborative mini-grant winners for 2022.
    Cadets grateful for experience at Capitol

    Cadets grateful for experience at Capitol

    UNG cadets were thankful for the chance to take part in a review by Gov. Brian Kemp on March 7 in Atlanta in honor of UNG's 150th anniversary.

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