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      • A Turtle-y Cool Workshop
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  • Home
  • About
    • What is Blue Lakes?
    • Program Benefits & Risk Reduction
    • BL Charter / Performance Areas
      • Performance Areas
        • Shoreline Health
        • Citizen Science Monitoring
        • Nutrient and Input Management
        • Habitat Management, Conservation and Improvement
        • Invasive Species Management
        • The Blue Lakes Database
      • Blue Lakes Score Card
    • Is the Program Right for You?
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • The Land Between Region – Cottage Country
    • The Charities – Label Administration
    • Project Impact Assessment
    • How to Enroll
  • Lake Stewardship
    • Lake Health Basics
    • Shoreline Health
    • Fish and Fish Habitat
    • Guides and Resources
  • Lake-based Research
    • Conservation and Human Behaviour
    • Connecting with Nature
    • Nature and Human Health
    • Lakes and Economic Health
    • Shoreline Ecology
    • Algae, Benthics, Zooplankon
    • Nutrients and Water Chemistry (Oxygen, Phosphorous, Calcium)
    • Project Impact Assessment
  • Workshops & Activities
    • Blue Lakes Programs and Workshops
      • A Turtle-y Cool Workshop
      • Bugs in the Mud
      • Good Birding Mornings
      • Land Between Wildlife Bingo
      • The ABCs of the Land Between Presentation
      • Design Your Own Shoreland Garden
    • Citizen Science Monitoring
      • Water Quality and Benthics Monitoring
      • Birds, Butterflies, Reptiles, and Wildlife Monitoring
    • Site Visits
      • The Natural Edge
  • Blue Lakes Blog
  • Blue Lakes Database

A Turtle-y Cool Workshop

Did you know snapping turtles are gentle in the water? They keep the lakes clean for all wildlife and for humans too! Turtles live a very long time, but it takes more than 60 years for one turtle to replace itself in the wild. Turtles were also here before the dinosaurs and have survived five mass extinctions, but they are now facing imminent extinction. Learn about these fascinating animals, their life history and behaviour, how to identify them, what is threatening them and how to help them too!

You will also meet live turtles from the Turtle Guardian Headquarters (part of The Land Between charity). See how to handle a snapping turtle, how to make a nest protector and find out how to become a Turtle Guardian.

These workshops are $10 at the door, with a minimum participation of 20.

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We respectfully acknowledge that The Land Between is located within Williams Treaty 20 Mississauga Anishinaabeg territory and Treaty 61 Robinson-Huron treaty territory, in the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg. The Land Between respectfully acknowledges that these First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come. 

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