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,...
by Wildlife Preservation Canada | Nov 6, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, Western Painted Turtle
The goal of the Fraser Valley Wetlands program in British Columbia is to conserve the diversity and functionality of wetlands by focusing on two endangered species and their associated habitats; the western painted turtle and the Oregon spotted frog. Wildlife...
by B.C. Wetlands Species Recovery | Sep 9, 2017 | Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife, LoyaltyOne, Taylor's Checkerspot, Western Painted Turtle
Our first western painted turtles hatched in the specially designed incubators here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo on July 24th and we now have a whopping 80 little hatchlings kickin’ it in the barn as part of the Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife program to save...
