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...
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...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Nov 25, 2018 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Western Painted Turtle
During recent field monitoring of wild, juvenile western painted turtles, biologists from the Coastal Painted Turtle Project noticed an adult female turtle on shore. They continued their radio-telemetry work and when they were done, the turtle was still there. At this...
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 Wildlife Preservation Canada | Dec 6, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Freshwater Turtles, Western Painted Turtle
The coastal western painted turtle is the only native pond turtle left in southeast B.C. and is critically endangered. Wildlife Preservation Canada is working in partnership with the Greater Vancouver Zoo to save the species by artificially incubating eggs,...
