Monday, April 29, 2013

Free Pass Fridays Answer: April 26

Sows and pigs often travel in groups called "sounders." Feral hogs (Sus scrofa) can breed any time of year. Females can be mature at 6 months and produce two litters of one to seven piglets every 12–15 months. As a result, feral hog populations can double in four months. Although some piglets die within their first three months, feral hogs generally live to age four or five and sometimes to age eight. Feral hogs are mostly nocturnal. To learn more about feral hogs, check out Missouri Department of Conservation's field guide about feral hogs.


Image of a feral hog

Thursday, April 25, 2013

2013 Friends of the GTM Reserve 1st Annual Photo Contest Reception Photos

Thank you to Elise Moloney for providing these wonderful photos of our event. View the photo contest entries here.

2013 Friends of the GTM Reserve 5K/10K Walk Run Photos

Thank you to Elise Moloney and Michael Dorne for sharing these fantastic photos of the 4th Annual Friends of the GTM Reserve 5K/10K!

Monday, April 22, 2013

Free Pass Fridays Answer: April 19


The Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) has a prehensile tail as well as opposable thumbs that they use to grip branches. Opossums are also know for playing dead when threatened. Most predators do not eat prey that is already dead. To learn more about opossums, visit the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences's digital database.


Saturday, April 20, 2013

Thank You to All of the Entrants in the First Ever Friends of the GTM Reserve Photo Contest!



The Friends & our co-sponsor, Imagine Fine Art Printing believe you are ALL winners! Our judges, Iain Campbell, Greg Downing, & Michael Joseph were impressed with the caliber & variety of images. After serious deliberation, they narrowed down the field to 1st & 2nd place in each category plus a Best in Show (winning photo by Craig O'Neal pictured above):



Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you once again to each and every entrant!

A special thanks also goes out to our generous co-sponsorImagine Fine Art Printing and to the following businesses for their generous prize donations:



Monday, April 15, 2013

Congratulations on a great race!

The 4th Annual Friends of the GTM Reserve 5K/10K Walk/Run was held this past Saturday April 13th, 2012 and the Friends would like to send a heartfelt thank you to all the participants, volunteers, sponsors and GTM Research Reserve staff members who helped make it a success!

Have feedback about this years race? We welcome your comments on the blog!

Race Results:


Winners


10K Women


Place
Bib #
Result
Last Name
First Name
1
30
26:08
Leschinski
Deanna
2
20
28:01
Goldman
Maya


10K Men


Place
Bib #
Result
Last Name
First Name
1
48
20:11
Smith
Brett
2
37
25:15
O'Rourke
Ryan


5K Women


Place
Bib #
Result
Last Name
First Name
1
111
46:27
Andreu
Darien
2
86
52:35
Hayward
LeAnna


5K Men


Place
Bib #
Result
Last Name
First Name
1
109
39:52
Layman
Craig
2
110
42:19
Flynn
Dred


Overall 10K Times


Place
Bib #
Result
Last Name
First Name
1
109
39:52
Layman
Craig
2
110
42:19
Flynn
Dred
3
75
44:29
Cichon
Bryan
4
111
46:27
Andreu
Darien
5
85
49:25
Hanson
Jim
6
76
50:06
Collogan
Vincent
7
91
51:59
McKisick
Robert
8
86
52:35
Hayward
LeAnna
9
101
52:50
T
Natalia
10
79
53:14
Esquilin
Julio
11
94
54:17
Perrine
Greg
12
92
54:19
Moriarty
Kevin
13
90
54:21
May
Lindsey
14
89
54:29
Lisenby
Dawn
15
100
55:08
Reinheimer
Thomas
16
72
55:56
Bruce
Steve
17
84
57:05
Gudelis
Paul
18
95
57:08
Peterson
Victoria
19
78
59:06
dufresne
Michelle
20
96
59:50
Potash
Deb
21
73
1:00:14
Bruce
Keith
22
105
1:00:27
Wilson
Jeanei
23
93
1:00:44
Peck
Dot
24
74
1:00:58
Bruce
Katie
25
98
1:01:18
Ramirez
Rachel
26
82
1:03:45
Gaudios
Fred
27
81
1:05:17
Ford
Lucy
28
107
1:05:17
Zawacki
Anne
29
99
1:05:35
Reed
Judy
30
83
1:07:23
Gilwit
Hannah
31
108
1:07:24
O'Brien
Chelsea
32
87
1:19:42
Hodges
Kyndall


Overall 5K Times


Place
Bib #
Result
Last Name
First Name
1
48
20:11
Smith
Brett
2
37
25:15
O'Rourke
Ryan
3
13
25:56
Coley
Keneth
4
30
26:08
Leschinski
Deanna
5
4
27:31
Berry
Vance
6
20
28:01
Goldman
Maya
7
77
28:08
Davis
John
8
2
28:24
Barnes
Matt
9
12
29:32
Coley
Tamra
10
38
30:09
Parker
Danielle
11
88
31:04
King
Wayne
12
40
31:16
ROSA
GAIL
13
39
31:18
ROSA
WAYNE
14
6
31:34
Bruce
Juan
15
27
31:46
King
Katie
16
43
32:56
Sherman
Scott
17
50
33:44
Urban
Melody
18
14
34:42
Cooper
Jordan
19
22
35:57
Hill
Joy
20
103
36:00
Webster
Robert
21
15
36:07
Dennis
Keri
22
29
36:15
Kint
Joyce
23
5
37:07
Blimes
Savin
24
24
37:31
Irby
Joy
25
49
37:57
Bruce
Sarah
26
3
38:41
Belmont
Bobbe
27
8
39:41
Bruce
Gemma
28
35
40:31
McCaughern-Carucci
James
29
1
40:32
Barnes
Erin
30
44
40:45
Skipper
Ginny
31
41
40:57
Sandberg
Scott
32
42
41:07
Sandberg
Kim
33
23
42:46
Hladik
Karen
34
34
42:47
Mann
Elizabeth
35
28
44:23
Kint
Jeffrey
36
17
44:55
Ferris
Bill
37
10
44:56
Buening
Nicole
38
21
50:26
Goldman
Annika
39
31
55:03
Long
Jessica
40
33
57:15
Maletz
Barbara


Thank you once again to our sponsors!













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