{"id":17990,"date":"2021-02-01T12:03:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2026-10-22T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:25:00","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-8vckex2-b478ba940fe947be1a28c12bcb300919 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-8gz6q86-0256ac8c8063156d90c0440a843823f6\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-8gz6q86-0256ac8c8063156d90c0440a843823f6{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-8gz6q86-0256ac8c8063156d90c0440a843823f6 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-8gz6q86-0256ac8c8063156d90c0440a843823f6 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><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-6r8f0cm-d6cdaba4a00cb3878fd5480f62d4332b 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-6c1kd7q-cf93b88a4d2dc521b88256db80bb735f\">\n.flex_column.av-6c1kd7q-cf93b88a4d2dc521b88256db80bb735f{\npadding:25px 25px 25px 25px;\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6c1kd7q-cf93b88a4d2dc521b88256db80bb735f 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>Qu'est-ce que le Programme de r\u00e9tablissement des reptiles de la prairie Ojibway ?<\/b> Le complexe de la prairie Ojibway et le grand \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me du parc (OPCGPE) dans la r\u00e9gion de Windsor-LaSalle en Ontario abrite plusieurs esp\u00e8ces de reptiles menac\u00e9es par le d\u00e9veloppement urbain, la fragmentation de l'habitat et la mortalit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re, notamment les couleuvres fauves de l'Est, les couleuvres \u00e0 petite t\u00eate, les tortues mouchet\u00e9es et une population en danger critique de massasaugas. L'\u00e9quipe de r\u00e9tablissement des reptiles de la prairie Ojibway (OPRREC) travaille \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger, r\u00e9tablir et surveiller ces esp\u00e8ces.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-kxxl7q-a33b40be4953babc5fe63d449a7a8304 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-5gga5gm-c5441a8c6794264de5dbd2be787e00c9\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-5gga5gm-c5441a8c6794264de5dbd2be787e00c9{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-5gga5gm-c5441a8c6794264de5dbd2be787e00c9 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<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-1ql1k6-3581aa599fdac0ae7f1631b6ce67f6bd 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-4iacvza-c3597612228ef5c057225fb64fad0db7 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. 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