by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Jul 17, 2018 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog |
The Oregon spotted frog is Canada’s most endangered amphibian, with fewer than 300 breeding individuals in the wild. Without intervention, it will almost certainly disappear. The recovery plan for Oregon spotted frog calls...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Jul 5, 2018 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Western Painted Turtle |
From May to July western painted turtles emerge to nest. As part of our effort to conserve the species here in the Fraser Valley with the Wetlands Wildlife team, we brave mosquitos and blackberries to monitor the nesting turtles. Females are identified by...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Jun 22, 2018 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Western Painted Turtle |
Here in the Fraser Valley, Wildlife Preservation Canada, in association with the Greater Vancouver Zoo, is salvaging western painted turtle eggs from nests at high risk to form the nucleus of a conservation breeding population. We continue to monitor the area to...
by Andrea Gielens | Jun 18, 2018 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles |
Western painted turtle nesting is in full swing here in the Metro Vancouver Parks area, and so are the mosquitoes! The early rise of the river freshet means the mosquitoes are out in force, and about a month earlier than normal. Our nesting season started right on...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | May 19, 2018 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife |
Spring has sprung in British Columbia! While Mother Nature may have played a joke on us on April 1st by sending a blanket of snow, the animals were still on the move and so were we, here at the Fraser Valley Wetland Wildlife program. The Oregon spotted frog...
by Andrea Gielens | Jan 29, 2018 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog |
In our Oregon spotted frog program we are not strangers to odd frog occurrences. We have in the past had a frog with an extra leg (named “kickstand”) and have had a tadpole with no eyes (“blinky”). Sometimes we have a frog that is lacking...
