{"id":17990,"date":"2021-02-01T12:03:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:23:44","slug":"introducing-snakes-to-hibernaculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/introducing-snakes-to-hibernaculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing snakes to hibernaculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-c255ec14b78a368bb6b71c4b8da61d3d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-17990'><div class='entry-content-wrapper 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avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Introducing snakes to hibernaculum<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_post_metadata-13e4b3beb6991a7b8db3a512ffa6eb39\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-av_post_metadata-13e4b3beb6991a7b8db3a512ffa6eb39{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-av_post_metadata-13e4b3beb6991a7b8db3a512ffa6eb39 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-av_post_metadata-13e4b3beb6991a7b8db3a512ffa6eb39 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >f\u00e9vrier 1, 2021<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-name\" >Ojibway Massasauga<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-category\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-categories\">|<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/eastern-foxsnake\/\" >Couleuvre fauve de l'Est<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/massasauga-rattlesnake\/\" >Crotale massasauga<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" >Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery\/\" >R\u00e9tablissement des reptiles des prairies Ojibway<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-av_section-07697afc0c8c61850a5a26bd6d3ca3fe main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-17990'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-f17b3659ed3960b0d46d3a16ba1d3a7b\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-f17b3659ed3960b0d46d3a16ba1d3a7b{\npadding:25px 25px 25px 25px;\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-f17b3659ed3960b0d46d3a16ba1d3a7b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  light-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mruqocx3-d29978254f18b9d6a7dcdf07ea483d1d'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"p1\"><b>What is the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery Program?<\/b> The Ojibway Prairie Complex and Greater Park Ecosystem (OPCGPE) in Ontario\u2019s Windsor-LaSalle region is home to several reptile species threatened by urban development, habitat fragmentation and road mortality, including eastern foxsnakes, Butler\u2019s gartersnakes, Blanding&#8217;s turtles and a critically endangered population of massasauga rattlesnakes. The Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery Team (OPRREC) works to protect, recover and monitor these species.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-7714eba142aeda1f8b5272a3c372b279 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mruqnkbq-7517bda2bdd93d6e2c0ee42250fc2649'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery team has demonstrated building hibernaculum for hibernating snakes, and using a borescope camera to check on the snakes as they are hibernating, but one question remains&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do they get the snakes IN the hibernaculum?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Watch the latest video as Jonathan Choquette, lead biologist of the program, introduces eastern gartersnakes to the hibernaculum built and installed by the team.<\/p>\n<p>The eastern massasauga can be found from Southern Illinois to the Great Lakes Basin, but is a species at risk in Canada found only in Ontario, where they live along the Georgian Bay shoreline and\u00a0at two sites in the Carolinian region.<\/p>\n<p>WPC\u2019s hibernation habitat study is part of a larger effort to prepare for an eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/glossary\/reintroduction\/\" data-cmtooltip=\"Species recovery technique that involves the intentional movement and release of individuals into its native range, from which it has previously disappeared.\u00a0 Reintroduction aims to re-establish viable populations of species within their native range.\">reintroduction.\u00a0<\/a>Snakes have a unique natural history and complex needs to survive the winter, including requiring appropriate overwintering burrows. The perfect burrow will allow snakes to get below the frost line, and be deep enough that they can access the water table to prevent desiccation while hibernating.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-3a876428eececa9d35452247ddb053af\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-3a876428eececa9d35452247ddb053af{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-3a876428eececa9d35452247ddb053af hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-av_section-c255ec14b78a368bb6b71c4b8da61d3d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-17990'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-797d6728893cdc55557a7d7ad6dd81b4 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-11  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mruqt2q2-e3ddbf1ea2d9cba499ca7e13fa7778cc'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Jonathan Choquette<\/h3>\n<h5 class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Biologiste principal \u2013 Programme de r\u00e9tablissement des reptiles des prairies Ojibway<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Jonathan manages the recovery program for the Ojibway population of the massasauga rattlesnake in Southern Ontario. Jonathan&#8217;s research interests lie in the field of urban herpetology, having studied both biology and landscape architecture at the University of Guelph.\u00a0Jonathan has authored or co-authored numerous reports and publications about the conservation of Canadian reptiles and amphibians in urban environments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mruqtes4-eb7d309ecab48d96cb1f5e1f16d72471\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mruqtes4-eb7d309ecab48d96cb1f5e1f16d72471 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mruqtes4-eb7d309ecab48d96cb1f5e1f16d72471 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mruqtes4-eb7d309ecab48d96cb1f5e1f16d72471 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  author-pic'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div 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aria-label=\"Post: The massasauga rattlesnake: nature&#8217;s umbrella\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/the-massasauga-rattlesnake-natures-umbrella\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The massasauga rattlesnake: nature&#8217;s umbrella\">The massasauga rattlesnake: nature&#8217;s umbrella<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" rel=\"tag\">Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery\/\" rel=\"tag\">R\u00e9tablissement des reptiles des prairies Ojibway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery\/\" rel=\"tag\">R\u00e9tablissement des reptiles des prairies Ojibway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/massasauga-rattlesnake\/\" rel=\"tag\">Crotale massasauga<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/the-massasauga-rattlesnake-natures-umbrella\/\"  title=\"Massasauga-feature\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Massasauga-feature.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-49171 avia-img-lazy-loading-49171 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Massasauga-feature.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Massasauga-feature-300x300.jpg 300w, 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itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-02-25T13:18:11-05:00\" >2025-02-25 13:18:11<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2025-02-25 13:45:33<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The massasauga rattlesnake: nature&#8217;s umbrella<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-49035 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-49035 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-and-events category-ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery category-urban-vipers project-ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The first global snake translocation symposium hosted at the World Congress of Herpetology\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/the-first-global-snake-translocation-symposium-hosted-at-the-world-congress-of-herpetology\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The first global snake translocation symposium hosted at the World Congress of Herpetology\">The first global snake translocation symposium hosted at the World Congress of Herpetology<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" rel=\"tag\">Actualit\u00e9s et 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