A priority for for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's environment program team is protecting turtle eggs from vulnerable nests and enhancing hatchling survival rates. This now includes relocating and incubating eggs.
The turtle hatchlings were released in wetlands, a kilometer away from where the eggs were originally found.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada assessed snapping turtles as "special concern" in 2008, and the species was listed as special concern under the federal Species at Risk Act in 2011. This clutch, or group of eggs produced by a snapping turtle, was relocated and incubated as a way to enhance hatchling survival rates.There's so many other areas that we have already meddled with natural law that has made it almost impossible for this species to survive without intervention.
"Thousand Islands National Park and Akwesasne have a long and positive working relationship and the success of this year's turtle incubation program is another clear example of the benefits of this strong working relationship," Parks Canada said in a statement.After 65 days, 11 of the 49 eggs hatched. Community members were invited to a "release party" last week to celebrate releasing the turtles back into their natural habitat.
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