{"id":43479,"date":"2023-11-18T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T14:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.qa.caorda.com\/blog\/buzzworthy-pursuits-finding-rare-and-at-risk-bumble-bee-species-in-ontario-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:21:50","slug":"slithering-towards-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/slithering-towards-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Se faufilant vers le succ\u00e8s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-5knv2yq-e189c31b428861e94a10168b73796e41 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-43479'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfri2y67-3635eb7258aefa5d916fff184a71b2d7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfri2y67-3635eb7258aefa5d916fff184a71b2d7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lfri2y67-3635eb7258aefa5d916fff184a71b2d7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lfri2y67-3635eb7258aefa5d916fff184a71b2d7 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43498 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43498 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gartersnake.jpg' alt='' title='Gartersnake'  height=\"862\" width=\"939\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfri4qsx-dde2734efa577614a3af283ef6eb9576'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A Butler&#8217;s gartersnake under foliage. Photo: Kathleen Woodhouse<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfri1te3-f1d0906d8fe7b11f801b0a9223db1cd9\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-f1d0906d8fe7b11f801b0a9223db1cd9{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-f1d0906d8fe7b11f801b0a9223db1cd9 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-f1d0906d8fe7b11f801b0a9223db1cd9 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lfri1te3-f1d0906d8fe7b11f801b0a9223db1cd9 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Se faufilant vers le succ\u00e8s<\/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-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-4  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\" >novembre 18, 2023<\/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-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/author\/ojibway-massasauga-rattlesnake-team\/\"  rel=\"author\">Ojibway Massasauga<\/a><\/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\/butlers-gartersnake\/\" >Couleuvre \u00e0 petite t\u00eate<\/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\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-3vqkw1y-5a89ba0c0151e932fac962d75debe400 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_full  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-43479'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2x0211i-b56dc09fcde6b61b287034c1b2bfdcf6'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>For over a decade, our team in Windsor, Ontario has been working tirelessly to implement recovery actions targeting massasauga rattlesnakes at the Ojibway Prairie Complex and Greater Park Ecosystem (aka. \u201cOjibway Prairie\u201d). Along the way, our team has successfully developed a technique for artificial hibernation of snakes and is gearing up for the exciting next step of our first conservation translocations with massasauga rattlesnakes. We also recently expanded our efforts as part of the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery program (OPRREC), with the addition last year of the endangered Butler\u2019s gartersnake as our second focal species. Guided by techniques developed for rattlesnake recovery, we began steps for population augmentation of Butler\u2019s gartersnakes at Ojibway Prairie. The increased efforts of the OPRREC team have made for an exciting 2023 field season.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3o75dd2-e8674eb6f731928cf9d85a33166d2a7b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lmqi0imh-2b6ff657832ad3fa4b6edaaf8ba0744b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqi0imh-2b6ff657832ad3fa4b6edaaf8ba0744b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqi0imh-2b6ff657832ad3fa4b6edaaf8ba0744b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lmqi0imh-2b6ff657832ad3fa4b6edaaf8ba0744b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43497 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43497 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/w-snake.jpg' alt='' title='w snake'  height=\"883\" width=\"1017\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfrie6xg-b34a4db2ef1e980a7ff781bb2c472bc5'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A massasauga rattlesnake sheltering. Photo: WPC<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the first time in the history of OPRREC, three different species of snakes were hibernated in artificial hibernacula during the winter of 2022-23<\/strong>: massasaugas, Butler\u2019s gartersnakes, and eastern gartersnakes (a surrogate species). For the second year in a row, 12 massasaugas were artificially hibernated at proposed release sites with 100% survival! The success with massasaugas (and with eastern gartersnakes before them) is evidence that our proposed release sites support suitable hibernation habitat.<\/p>\n<p>Success has also given our team the confidence to expand the artificial hibernation technique to Butler\u2019s gartersnakes. Fifteen of these endangered snakes were artificially hibernated this past winter, as a first step towards the recovery of a declining subpopulation. Survivorship of hibernated Butler\u2019s gartersnakes was within the range we previously observed in eastern gartersnakes of the same age class. Artificial hibernation provides us with a means to validate release site suitability, and also exposes captive reared snakes to a hibernation period prior to release\u2014which actually may improve translocation outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lmqiie8v-b64b3f2bb87f50b2b5a0c0b2e254f525\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqiie8v-b64b3f2bb87f50b2b5a0c0b2e254f525 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lmqiie8v-b64b3f2bb87f50b2b5a0c0b2e254f525 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lmqiie8v-b64b3f2bb87f50b2b5a0c0b2e254f525 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43499 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43499 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/EAMA-Hib-e1698344770572-1080x1080.jpg' alt='' title='EAMA Hib'  height=\"1080\" width=\"1080\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lmqiisuk-733f73b2952550bd47fb1a63b0509d24'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 107%; margin: 6.15pt 55.6pt .0001pt 8.05pt;\"><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Massasauga rattlesnake overwintering in an artificial hibernaculum. One of twelve rattlesnakes overwintered in 2022-23, all of which survived. Photo: Kathleen <span style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\">Woodhouse<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>WPC&#8217;s OPRREC team continued its spring and summer monitoring activities at Ojibway Prairie in 2023, while expanding surveys into other areas of Windsor-Essex. As part of Butler\u2019s gartersnake recovery activities, our team continued to intensively monitor two subpopulations at the Ojibway Prairie and another two inhabiting natural habitat corridors in a more heavily urbanized area. We also surveyed 11 other areas across Essex County in an effort to reconfirm historical observations of Butler\u2019s gartersnakes. We are thankful to the Essex Region Conservation Authority, a member of the OPRREC Working Group, who provided permission to survey many of their properties. The OPRREC team was able to confirm the presence of at least one SAR reptile species at 4 of the 11 sites, including Butler\u2019s gartersnakes at 1 site.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, our team took some important steps in our efforts to improve snake translocation techniques. In preparation for massasauga translocations we conducted a trial release with four eastern gartersnakes, and applied a suite of potentially beneficial translocation tactics. The snakes were surgically implanted with radio transmitters, which will allow the team to monitor their movement behaviour, site fidelity, and overwinter survival. This information will help guide our choice of specific tactics to use during massasauga translocations. We owe many thanks to Dr. Kate Sweetman of the Downtown Veterinary Hospital, in Windsor, who conducted surgeries, as well as Dr. Anthony Braithwaite who provided assistance. Also this summer, we completed our first trial release of a small number of juvenile Butler\u2019s gartersnakes, which were marked with small microchips (PIT tags). Our automatic PIT readers will tell us if any snakes return to the release sites to hibernate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lnw1wdl0-68c1dc24f1aee4c2fc47acdbfeea92ea\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lnw1wdl0-68c1dc24f1aee4c2fc47acdbfeea92ea img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lnw1wdl0-68c1dc24f1aee4c2fc47acdbfeea92ea .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lnw1wdl0-68c1dc24f1aee4c2fc47acdbfeea92ea av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43500 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43500 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/radio-tracking-1441x1080.jpg' alt='' title='radio tracking'  height=\"1080\" width=\"1441\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lnw1y71a-159fca2adabfb0223bef788d438136bd'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 107%; margin: 6.15pt 55.6pt .0001pt 8.05pt;\"><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kathleen Woodhouse, Lead Field Technician, radio tracking an eastern gartersnake in the Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve. Photo by Alexis Simeoni<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we move into fall and winter, field work will continue to progress towards the conservation of endangered snakes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This winter will bring the second year of artificial hibernation of Butler\u2019s gartersnakes, as well as a doubling of the number of hibernated massasaugas. Our first massasauga translocation is just around the corner. Stay tuned for exciting announcements in 2024!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>WPC appreciates funding support provided by the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks\u2019 Species at Risk Stewardship Program for WPC\u2019s Ojibway Reptile Recovery Program.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_2'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap 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-43479'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div  id=\"recent-articles-project\"  class='flex_column av-1jcdwbb-9c945c87e7f7ddc7240c4c8e513bdb00 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  more-articles-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section 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class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-49577 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-49577 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news-and-events category-ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery project-ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery project-reptile-and-amphibian-recovery specific-species-massasauga-rattlesnake\"  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\" aria-label=\"Post: Inspiration from our Hungarian colleagues\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/hungarian-meadow-vipers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Inspiration from our Hungarian colleagues\">Inspiration from our Hungarian colleagues<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\/blog\/project\/reptile-and-amphibian-recovery\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sauvegarde des reptiles et des amphibiens<\/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\" 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Choquette, PhD<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vipera_u_rakosiensis.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>622<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>800<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jonathan D. 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