by ellen | Apr 29, 2019 | Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
After a long, cold winter, many of us can’t wait for signs of spring. Whether that be the first glimpse of a robin or flowers starting to bloom, spring brings us all a sense of excitement! However, for those of us in the southern Ontario herpetology community,...
by Ojibway Massasauga | Apr 12, 2019 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
The Ojibway Prairie Complex and Greater Park Ecosystem is home to a small population of eastern massasauga rattlesnakes. These rattlesnakes and other at risk snakes in the area are threatened by residential development, habitat fragmentation, road mortality, and...
by Ojibway Massasauga | Oct 31, 2018 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
As this blog is being written, the Ojibway Prairie Massasauga team is listening to Monster Mash and Thriller while doing office work. Hopefully everyone reading this is feeling the Halloween spirit as much as we are! Those of you who’ve been following the...
by Ojibway Massasauga | Oct 25, 2018 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
October 15th, 2018 Here in Windsor, Ontario the weather is finally starting to chill out. This means that we, the Ojibway Prairie Massasauga team, have wrapped up certain field projects (like occupancy and gestation site surveys) and are focusing on others (like road...
by Ojibway Massasauga | Sep 29, 2018 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
What does the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery team do when not looking for snakes? This video shows some of the more labor-intensive aspects of our jobs such as building snake fences, enhancing habitats, putting out cover boards and road mortality surveys....
by Ojibway Massasauga | Sep 7, 2018 | Massasauga Rattlesnake, Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery
Conservation Biologists around the world have a lot to learn from each other. Jonathan Choquette, Lead Biologist of the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery program, focusing on saving an endangered population of Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes in southern Ontario,...
