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Painted Turtle
Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys picta)
Project Objectives
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To identify human/turtle interface
areas where Painted Turtle mortality is highest in Columbia
Basin.
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To educate local citizens and
provide systems to alleviate turtle mortality.
Project Legacy:
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Areas near McGinty Lake-
Kimberley; Rosebud Lake-Nelway; Erie Lake- Salmo; Argenta marsh-
Argenta; Mirror Lake- Kaslo; Williamson's Lake- Revelstoke;
Elizabeth Lake- Cranbrook; were identified as areas with particularly
high Painted Turtle mortality.
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'Turtle fences' and nesting
substrate were provided to prevent the turtles from
crossing nearby highways- where the mortality was highs
Funding or
Management Agencies:
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation
Program
Rocky Mountain Naturalists
For more Information on Habits
& Habitat
see the following web site:
Columbia Basin:
Endangered Species & Spaces
For more information on the Tailed
Frog research
projects contact:
Barry Bartlet
Public Relations Dept.
Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program
St.103 - 333 Victoria St.
Nelson, B.C.
V1L 4K3
Phone: 1-250-352-6874
Fax: 1-250-352-6178
Or get a copy of the Video:
Amphibians and Reptiles of the
Columbia Basin
Art Gruenig
Rocky Mountain Naturalists
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