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Terrapin Sightings Important for the Future of this Species

For the past 19 years, Project Terrapin has been conducting research with diamondback terrapins throughout the Barnegat Bay system. In New Jersey, especially Barnegat Bay, little is known about the population of this species and the regulatory aspects of this species are based on populations. We began marking nesting female terrapins at N. Sedge Island in 2002, working with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife. Since that time, we've marked 1400 terrapins in the Sedge Island Wildlife Conservation Zone, and worked on projects with EarthWatch and Drexel Universities, where approximately 2500 terrapins have been marked in the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge, Barnegat, New Jersey. We are expanding our project to include genetic work and we need to identify areas where terrapins are found. At Cedar Run Dock Road we've marked over 1100 terrapins to date and the encounters we get will give us a better indication of the population.

Publicado el junio 25, 2016 12:52 TARDE por projectterrapin projectterrapin | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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Project Terrapin was established in 2007 after five years of terrapin research and has been growing since. Our purpose is to promote turtle education, research, conservation and empower our youth in making a difference in the protection of our natural resources. We connect researchers to students, schools partner organizations and agencies that work to learn more about diamondback ...más ↓

projectterrapin creó este proyecto el 25 de junio de 2016
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