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Headstarts and Hand-caps

Just a cute headstart as compensation for the delayed blog! Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. It's been a while but I've been up to some pretty amazing stuff while saving the world all at the same time. Three weeks ago, we discovered that there were 35 headstarts up in Lake County that needed [...]

Headstarts and Hand-capsKelcie Fredrickson2021-06-21T19:27:12-05:00

I Think I’ll Call This One…Absolute Chaos

It's been awhile, what in the world have I been up to??? Keep reading and see! During my first week of the 2021 field season, I had the honor of joining Lauren in Cape Cod sampling box turtles! After a grueling 17 hour drive out there, the week definitely lived up to my expectations. [...]

I Think I’ll Call This One…Absolute ChaosKelcie Fredrickson2021-05-31T23:12:37-05:00

Field Season 2020: Coming Soon to a Turtle Near You

Hi everyone and welcome to the 2020 Box Turtle blog (a.k.a. The BEST blog)! My name is Kelcie Fredrickson and I am a rising second year veterinary student at the University of Illinois. The blog’s main focus will be on our health surveillance program which monitors box turtle population health and will feature my student [...]

Field Season 2020: Coming Soon to a Turtle Near YouKelcie Fredrickson2020-05-24T22:52:43-05:00