Hello from Kelly at Think Turtle Conservation Initiative In 2019, we first shared a post about the North Shore Blanding’s Turtles at threat of losing their habitat to a quarry. The community is still working valiantly to protect the turtles in the Serpent River watershed in the Township of North Shore. Our friends in North […]

Revisiting The Jane Goodall Act By Kelly Wallace The Jane Goodall Act is an ‘animal rights’ bill that came to be in 2020. The bill was named in honor of the renowned anthropologist and primatologist, Jane Goodall for all she has done to educate the world about endangered species and all the good this bill […]

Hello from Kelly at Think Turtle Conservation Initiative A couple of articles and an Environmental Defence update to share featuring news released today about the Federal Government planning an impact study and a possible shift to permanent protection for the forests and farmland in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve. The NarwhalFeds seem willing to delay […]

Snapping Turtles Dodged A Meteor By Kelly Wallace To date the Snapping Turtle family, Chelydridae, remains almost unchanged to their ancestors that appeared more than 215 million years ago, approximately 100 million years before the rise of the dinosaurs. Scientists believe that a large meteor, between six and nine miles across and traveling at about […]

Hello from Kelly at Think Turtle Conservation Initiative Hope life is treating you well and that you had a pleasantly productive winter. The last few months for us have been especially busy with all things turtle. No sitting around here eating bonbons, always something going on. Shocking how quickly March has rolled around and wow, […]

Hello from Kelly at Think Turtle Conservation Initiative Mark your calendars for Saturday April 8th and make plans to head to the Maynooth! MAYNOOTH EASTER MARKETDate: Saturday April 8, 2023Location: Hasting’s Highlands Centre, Emond HallAddress: 33011 Highway 62, MaynoothTime: 10:00 am to 3:00 pmHosted By: Christine Hass The Market will feature local artists, designers, craftspeople […]

Hello from Kelly at Think Turtle Conservation Initiative Today, March 3rd is WORLD WILDLIFE DAY! World Wildlife Day is an especially important day to celebrate the many beautiful and varied animal and plant species that inhabit earth and raise awareness to the wide array of benefits that their conservation provides us. Importance of Wildlife Wildlife […]