Kurt Buhlmann, an associate research scientist with the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the Odum School of Ecology, received two grants from the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units Gulf program. CESU Gulf is providing $27,527 to assess the habitat of the Ringed Map Turtle (Graptemys oculifera) that intersects with U.S. Navy training activities along the East Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana, and also $30,000 to determine the presence of rare amphibian and reptile species at a naval air station in Santa Rosa County, Fla.