Lake County has finished our first week in the field... and I think we can call it a success! We caught and sampled 16 Blanding's turtles, 2 painted turtles, and a snapping turtle this week, along with a new species for me, a garter snake! Even though we set 38 total traps this week, the [...]
Lake County has three main species of interest: the endangered Blanding's turtle, the common snapping turtle, and the painted turtle. We work closely with Lake County Forest Preserves to monitor these populations and their health. Common field activities for us include trapping and sampling turtles, tracking nesting females via radiotelemetry, and doing our work at [...]
