In mud puddles located on a sprawling military post in Coastal Georgia where tanks rumble and soldiers train for war, the last of a threatened species clings to life.
In mud puddles located on a sprawling military post in Coastal Georgia where tanks rumble and soldiers train for war, the last of a threatened species clings to life.
Fort Stewart Army Base is home to the only remaining documented colony of frosted flatwoods salamanders in Georgia; The only other two groupings of the black-bodied amphibians with mottled bands of silvery white anywhere else on Earth are in Florida, although they once inhabited thousands of wetlands along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
Amphibians have been around for millions of years but scientists have documented a sharp decline worldwide over the past few decades. That worries herpetologists, scientists who study reptiles and amphibians, because vanishing amphibian populations are a likely sign that Earth is becoming less inhabitable.
05:10 AM EST Share When it comes to progress in Northeast Florida in the new year, these are the places that will be driving headlines
North Core
Four developers JWB Real Estate Capital, Augustine Development Group, ACE JAX LLC and Jim and Ellen Wiss have announced $116.1 million of investments in the historic area they’ve collectively branded the North Core.
The North Core is bordered by State, Broad, Church and Main streets.
Apartments for the North Core
JWB, led by president Alex Sifakis, plans to invest $11.4 million to redevelop the Federal Reserve and Baptist Convention buildings.
The Wisses acquired from First Baptist Church nearly a full city block that they intend to redevelop.