by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Jun 24, 2020 | Freshwater Turtles, Western Painted Turtle
Since 2012, WPC has been working to save western painted turtles from disappearing in British Columbia. The only other species of native freshwater turtle in BC, the northern pacific pond turtle, has already disappeared from Canada, while the western painted turtle...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | May 27, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Pollinators, Taylor's Checkerspot
A Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly chrysalis Michelle Polley recently relocated to BC to work as an endangered species technician with WPC Lead Biologist Andrea Gielens and the Taylor’s Checkerspot Recovery Program at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Her job...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | May 20, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog
Please excuse us, we have been a “tad” preoccupied over here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo! Our captive breeding population of Oregon spotted frogs have been busy, and we have the tadpoles to show for it…1,858 to be exact! Our females started...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Jul 9, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife
Day 3: Free Willies Visit Day 2 here Stephanie Winton is a conservation biologist from the interior of British Columbia, where you can usually find her in the field studying at-risk reptile and amphibian species. She recently joined us in the Fraser Valley, where the...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Jul 3, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife
Day 2: Turtle stakeoutVisit Day 1 here. Stephanie Winton is a conservation biologist from the interior of British Columbia, where you can usually find her in the field studying at-risk reptile and amphibian species. She recently join us in Fraser Valley, where the...
