Discovering the wildlife all around us
For years, the Memphis Zoo has worked to bring the Louisiana pine snake and the dusky gopher frog of the southeastern U.S. back from the brinks of extinction. But, recently, it began a project focused on the wildlife of West Tennessee using cameras, mounted at human knee height, to take pictures of animals in their natural habitats near parks, golf courses, cemeteries and other open spaces. Features reporter John Klyce is here today — on The Daily Memphian's eighth birthday — to talk about the project and what the zoo has learned so far. Plus: A jail contract, clerk funds and a judge…
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