The Blanding’s Turtles Are Here!

“Can we name them?”  “Will we be able to feed them ourselves?”  “Are all turtles endangered?”  These are some of the many questions asked by the class this Wednesday when our Blanding’s turtle hatchlings finally arrived. The morning began with a meeting with Dr. Bryan Windmiller who has been working to protect and increase the [...]

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Goodbye to Our Blanding’s Turtles Dribble and Wink

“Let’s measure and weigh our turtles one last time this morning,” I said to my class right after they arrived. To my amazement, twenty cameras instantly appeared.  There was an air of excitement in the room, but also a sense of sadness knowing that this was the day we were going to release our turtles, [...]

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