Press & Media
ARC has been and continues to be a resource for the media when covering imperiled wildlife, especially amphibians and reptiles, habitat restoration, and place-based conservation.
Latest Releases
ARC in the Media
Park embarks on cutting-edge hellbender study
January 25, 2025
Word from the Smokies Column
Asheville Citizen Times
By Holly Kays
Holly Kays discusses an upcoming eastern hellbender study in the Great Smoky Mountains PARCA and includes quotes from Executive Director JJ Apodaca about our work for the project.
Amid damage from Helene, hellbenders may get endangered species listing
January 22, 2025
Word from the Smokies Column
Biltmore Beacon
By Holly Kays
Holly Kays covers the proposed listing of the eastern hellbender as an Endangered species and discusses the threats to the giant salamander with ARC Executive Director JJ Apodaca.
Are we living through the end of wildlife migrations?
December 23, 2024
Vox
By Christine Peterson
Christine Peterson reported on how the migrations of salamanders and other wildlife have changed as a result of human development and included the perspective of ARC Executive Director JJ Apodaca.