6 days ago · Mike Knoerr, who lives in Asheville and has spent the last 20 years working in wildlife conservation, said in a social media post on Friday it was a “devastating sucker punch” to be fired from ...

As the Southern Appalachian Programs Coordinator, Mike continues to leverage and expand partnerships to recover ARC’s priority species. In his free time, he enjoys river snorkeling, mountain biking, camping, and restoring antique motorcycles.

Mike Knoerr was one of the original three PLBs, and has been responsible for many of the hellbender WLFW program’s successes. After five years, Mike is moving on to exciting new career opportunities, but first he took some time to reflect on his …

5 days ago · Mike Knoerr, who lives in Asheville and has spent the last 20 years working in wildlife conservation, said in a social media post on Friday it was a “devastating sucker punch” to be fired from ...

Nov 18, 2019 · Mike Knoerr, a Virginia Tech biologist, uses wooden dowels to locate bog turtles in the mud. Bog turtles are a federally threatened species and are considered critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature — …

Sep 22, 2019 · Mike Knoerr is a native to northern Illinois and spent his childhood wandering tallgrass prairies, marshes, and bur-oak savannas. After receiving his BS at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 2008, Mike spent much of the last decade sampling and monitoring wildlife, particularly aquatic species in the rivers and wetlands of the ...