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 Michelle MacKenzie | Mar 1, 2020 | Conservation Success, Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Oregon Spotted Frog, Reptiles & Amphibians, Taylor's Checkerspot, Uncategorized, Western Painted Turtle
March is the calm before the breeding-season storm here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Steping back from our report writing and data entry, we eagerly await what spring has in store. At our facility we house a breeding population of Oregon spotted frogs, a juvenile...
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...
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...
