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Future Generations

Future Generations

by Maja Hampson | Dec 5, 2019 | Conservation Success, Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle

I started working for Wildlife Preservation Canada in March 2018. It was my first time back at work since I had a child in 2016. Juggling work and family life is like trying to walk on a log, while river rafting, but I found myself with a new perspective on...
School’s out for the summer!

School’s out for the summer!

by Maja Hampson | Nov 11, 2019 | Freshwater Turtles, Oregon Spotted Frog, Western Painted Turtle

The turtle eggs incubated in the headstarting program are collected from the wild when mothers lay their eggs in dangerous locations. Photo: Stephanie Winton Wait, what? Well, for the Oregon spotted frogs and western painted turtles that is. The recovery strategy for...

Turtles, pumpkin spice and frogs under ice

by Michelle MacKenzie | Oct 16, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Reptiles & Amphibians, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle

With October comes shorter days, cooler nights and a sudden onset of pumpkin spice cravings.  Many animals in BC’s lower mainland are enjoying this cooler weather and are preparing for the winter ahead. This includes the animals involved in the...
A Week in the Life of a Volunteer Biologist – Day 1

A Week in the Life of a Volunteer Biologist – Day 1

by Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife | Jul 3, 2019 | Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle

Hello! I am Stephanie Winton, a conservation biologist from the interior of British Columbia, where you can usually find me in the field studying at-risk reptile and amphibian species, such as the western rattlesnake and blotched tiger salamander. I recently had the...
An M.Sc of  “What are you doing?”

An M.Sc of “What are you doing?”

by Maja Hampson | Apr 6, 2019 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle

When I first started working for Wildlife Preservation Canada it was as an assistant to the Lead Biologist for the Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife program, Andrea Gielens. Andrea has been working with reptiles and amphibians for fourteen years and I knew she would be...
The Rorschach test for conservation biologists

The Rorschach test for conservation biologists

by Maja Hampson | Feb 21, 2019 | Burrowing Owl Recovery, Western Painted Turtle

One of the first things I learned about western painted turtles is that the patterns on their plastrons (a.k.a their lil’ bellies) are unique. The patterns are like our finger prints, no two are exactly the same. They are so unique that we here at...
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