Volunteers help rescue turtles in Gores Landing, Canada
Nearly 20 volunteers gathered in shifts in early August to move egg nests on Close Point Road on Rice Lake in Gores Landing before road construction started. There were about 40 turtle nests buried along the road side, said Joan Norris, a resident who helped organize the volunteers. Each nest could have 30 or more eggs. The road is known to be a snapping turtle, painted and map turtle nest site.
Volunteers came from several groups such as the Willow Beach Field Naturalists, Trent University, and the Northumberland Land Trust.
The turtle eggs were moved to the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre in Selwyn (formerly the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre) and a newly created turtle nesting habitat at the Black Oak Savannah in Alderville.
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