by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Feb 24, 2021 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Western Painted Turtle
The western painted turtle is BC’s only remaining native pond turtle, and the Pacific Coast population is dwindling. WPC’s recovery team, led by Andrea Gielens, protects at-risk nests and collects and incubates eggs to head start hatchlings for release...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Jan 8, 2021 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Reptiles & Amphibians, Western Painted Turtle
We weigh in our western painted turtles from our head starting program at the Greater Vancouver Zoo monthly. This allows us to check their body condition and health closely as well as sort them for size. By identifying each individual turtle to its ID sheet via...
by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Dec 23, 2020 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Western Painted Turtle
This has been an unprecedented year for many reasons. More than ever, it has been important to slow down, breathe deeply, and find small things that bring us joy. Here at the BC Wetlands project, we continue to raise endangered species all year round, and are taking...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Oct 8, 2020 | Conservation Success, Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Western Painted Turtle
Through all the challenges of 2020 it’s been important to find inspiration and positivity where we can. For us here on the Fraser Valley Wetland Recovery team, these snippets of brilliance come to us on release days! There is no greater treat than introducing...
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...
