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| News Release June 17, 2009 Under Construction: Turtle Nesting Site A threatened species of native turtle, the Eastern Spiny Softshell, is getting a new nesting site in the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority (SCRCA) watershed. “This is great news for this quirky species”, said Heather MacKenzie, Aquatic Systems Biologist with the Conservation Authority. The SCRCA received funding from Ontario’s Species at Risk Stewardship Fund and Environment Canada’s Habitat Stewardship Fund for Species at Risk to build and maintain two gravel beds along the Sydenham River. “This has given us the chance, once again, to work with private landowners to find good locations for more nesting sites”, MacKenzie said. Like most turtles, the Spiny Softshell needs to bask so the eggs will develop in the female. This is when the turtles are easiest to observe. Once the eggs are ready, the female turtle must find a dry sunny location to bury her eggs, so “solar heating” can incubate the eggs until fall. Since 1994, Authority staff and watershed volunteers have conducted annual surveys of the Sydenham to document the population of this rare turtle. Suitable nesting sites are rare in the Sydenham. A nesting site with deep gravel exposed to full sunlight can provide ideal egg laying habitat. “We’re building the best sites we can”, said MacKenzie. “But in the end, only the mother Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle can decide where she’ll lay her eggs.” For more information contact |
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