by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Aug 5, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Western Painted Turtle
It was a tricky year for the western painted turtles and for wetland monitors. Luckily, even in the topsy-turvy year of 2020 we were able to get into the field and help out one of British Columbia’s endangered species. A good thing too. Not only did the season...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Aug 5, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Western Painted Turtle
Thinking about the end of the western painted turtle nesting season has me feeling… itchy. We were so fortunate to experience not one but three flooding events from a large snow pack this year. This meant the Fraser River rose three times, and that allowed the...
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...
