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
Protecting Imperiled Species in the Southern Appalachians Protects Whole Ecosystems
February 21, 2024
Actions are underway to protect two highly threatened species in the Southern Appalachians…
What Overturning Chevron Deference Would Mean for Wildlife Species on the Brink
January 25, 2024
The large number of sensitive wildlife species in the US that are already teetering on the edge of extinction can ill afford the inevitable setbacks…
North Carolina Scientist Receives Prestigious US Fish and Wildlife Service Genius Prize for Genetics Project to Combat Illegal Turtle Trafficking
December 8, 2023
Asheville-based biologist JJ Apodaca was recently awarded a highly competitive US Fish and Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize…
ARC in the Media
One Year After Helene, North Carolina Residents Reflect on the Storm and Look to the Future
September 30, 2025
Garden and Gun
By JJ Apodaca from reflections compiled by Lindsey Liles
Executive Director JJ Apodaca reflects on ARC’s efforts to rescue Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders and protect rivers after Hurricane Helene and the ways Southern Appalachia’s communities are rebuilding stronger and more resilient.
Rescuing salamanders from hurricane destruction
September 18, 2025
The Wildlife Society
By Joshua Rapp Learn
Joshua Rapp Learn reports on the efforts, led by ARC Executive Director JJ Apodaca, to rescue the critically imperiled Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of its habitat.
The US has a bullfrog problem
August 7, 2025
Vox
By Benji Jones
Benji Jones outlines how invasive American bullfrogs are wreaking ecological havoc in the Western US and includes the perspective of ARC Executive Director JJ Apodaca about the outsized impact these predators have on native species.