I stopped at the Pioneer spring today, and happened across one of the spring keepers:

Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) at Pioneer (Tennessee) spring on 7 May 2012 [Photo credit: Cathie Bird]
Here's a link to the herpetology page at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory for some info on the spring salamander.
It has been an early and busy spring here in the holler...I hope to have time this week to do some more posts, including photos and videos: there are three eastern phoebe chicks in a nest on my porchlight, the bullfrogs are out, and tonight I caught some barred owl calls on video!