{"id":44,"date":"2018-08-23T01:01:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T01:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendor.hub.wp.nau.edu\/gartersnake-research-project\/captive-breeding-and-husbandry-program\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T17:45:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T17:45:25","slug":"captive-breeding-and-husbandry-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/gartersnake-research-project\/captive-breeding-and-husbandry-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Captive Breeding &amp; Husbandry Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-44 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Neonate-11-in-hand_7_28_2017_pic-2_HWilson_720X350-ek-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Neonate-11-in-hand_7_28_2017_pic-2_HWilson_720X350-ek-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Neonate-11-in-hand_7_28_2017_pic-2_HWilson_720X350-ek-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_Pool_720X350-ek-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_Pool_720X350-ek-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_Pool_720X350-ek-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_feeding_RotatingBanner_720X350-ek-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_feeding_RotatingBanner_720X350-ek-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_feeding_RotatingBanner_720X350-ek-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Oak-Creek-THRU-071_ultrasound_06_23_2017_SNichols_720X350-ek-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Oak-Creek-THRU-071_ultrasound_06_23_2017_SNichols_720X350-ek-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Oak-Creek-THRU-071_ultrasound_06_23_2017_SNichols_720X350-ek-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Captive Breeding &amp; Husbandry Program<\/h1>\n<h2>New at the Vivarium: Check Out Our Livestream!<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Click here\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCbJVCRtCcTJSOHTSjuo91OA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> to view our livestream of the Vivarium, where you may catch a glimpse of the gartersnake residents!<\/p>\n<h2>Notes from the Vivarium: Babies are Born!<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Click here\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/Gartersnake-Research-Project\/News-and-Events\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out all the updates about our newest residents at the Vivarium!<\/p>\n<h2>History of the Vivarium<\/h2>\n<p>In 2014, after the Slide Fire threatened their habitat in Oak Creek, several immature narrow-headed gartersnakes were brought to NAU to establish a new student research-focused captive breeding program at NAU. The snakes do not thrive in traditional indoor holding facilities; thus, NAU researchers have partnered with NAU\u2019s Green Fund, the US Forest Service (Coconino and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests), the Arizona Game and Fish Department\u2019s Conservation and Mitigation Program, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s Flagstaff Ecological Services office, to create a semi-outdoor naturalistic space for the snakes within a federally-accredited animal holding facility on the NAU campus.<\/p>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    \n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_Group_InlineGallery_240X175-ek.png\" alt=\"Vivarium_Group_InlineGallery_240X175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_InlineGallery_Dropool_240X175-ek.png\" alt=\"Vivarium_InlineGallery_Dropool_240X175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-3\">\n    <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_Black-River-THRU-46-with-babies_7_27_2014_InlineGallery_240X175-ek.png\" alt=\"Vivarium_Black River THRU 46 with babies_7_27_2014_InlineGallery_240X175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_InlineGallery_Gartersnake_in_vivarium_240X175-ek.png\" alt=\"Vivarium_InlineGallery_Gartersnake_in_vivarium_240X175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Vivarium_InlineGallery_snow-inside-vivarium_1_24_2017_KLauger_240X175-ek.png\" alt=\"Vivarium_InlineGallery_snow inside vivarium_1_24_2017_KLauger_240X175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks go to all of our student interns and technicians who have made this project possible through their hard work and dedication; and to many NAU supporters who helped bring this project to life: Kathleen Viskocil, Agnes Drogi, John Morris and the staff of Facility Services; Peter Gomersall and staff from NAU Information Technology Services; Scott Nichols, DVM and Leslie Hempleman, Animal Care Manager; Phil Patterson, Research Greenhouse; Greg Florian, Machine Shop; Jason Ailiff, NAU Telecom Services; the staff at the Office of Sponsored Projects; and others in Carpentry and the trades. We are also indebted to David Ward of the US Geological Survey\u2019s Southwest Biological Science Center for his time and expertise in developing the water feature; and to Rob Lautze of Garland\u2019s Lodge Orchards, Stephen Saunders of Hidden Light, LLC, and John A. Nowak II and III for their generous donations of materials.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-image-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-image-block\">\n                <!-- shortcode-image-callout -->\n<span class=\"shortcode-image-callout shortcode-image-callout--left\">\n        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__outer-container\">\n        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__container\">\n            <img src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/113\/2018\/08\/Staff_470X230-ek.jpg' srcset='' sizes='' \/>\n                        <span class=\"shortcode-image-callout__header-container\">\n                <span>Staff lead a visitor on a tour of the Vivarium.<\/span>\n            <\/span>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/span>\n    <\/span>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Gartersnake Vivarium in the News<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earth Notes:<a title=\"Earth Notes: NAU's Snake Vivarium\" href=\"http:\/\/knau.org\/post\/earth-notes-nau-s-snake-vivarium#stream\/0\"> NAU&#8217;s Snake Vivarium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oak Creek Watershed Council:<a title=\"Oak Creek Watershed Council: Narrow-headed Gartersnake\" href=\"https:\/\/oakcreekwatershed.org\/archives\/friends-of-oak-creek\/\"> Narrow-headed Gartersnake<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Lumberjack:<a title=\"The Lumberjack: Narrow-headed Gartersnake Finds Home...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jackcentral.org\/news\/narrow-headed-garter-snake-finds-home-at-nau\/article_479c2e56-bca9-11e4-a6a3-7b0ecf173ce0.html\"> Narrow-headed Gartersnake Finds Home&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAU Green Fund:<a title=\"NAU Green Fund: Vivarium Project Announcement\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\"> Vivarium Project Announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h4>Donate today<\/h4>\n\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captive Breeding &amp; Husbandry Program New at the Vivarium: Check Out Our Livestream! Click here to view our livestream of the Vivarium, where you may catch a glimpse of the gartersnake residents! Notes from the Vivarium: Babies are Born! Click here to find out all the updates about our newest residents at the Vivarium! 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