Conservation of any animal has a lot of questions related to how, where, when, and even why. For turtles, we know some of the things we need to do include: protect their habitat, decrease the adult mortality, and increase hatchling recruitment, but which of these actions will make the biggest impact?

Have you noticed the fencing along Princess St / Hwy 2 at the Westbrook Wetlands and wondered how that helps save our local turtle population? There is more to it than a fence…click here to find out!