Healthy Lakes and Wetlands For Tomorrow - Species at Risk
Healthy Lakes and Wetlands For Tomorrow - Species at Risk
Healthy Lakes and Wetlands For Tomorrow - Species at Risk
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STEWARDSHIP STORIES: Carter Feltham<br />
Snapshots<br />
B. Caverhill<br />
Helping to check<br />
live turtle traps<br />
M. Crowley<br />
Monitoring<br />
Thread-leaved Sundew<br />
B. Caverhill<br />
Ela the Bl<strong>and</strong>ing’s Turtle<br />
M. Crowley<br />
Receiving the Volunteer Walk<br />
of Honour award<br />
Carter Feltham is 13 years old, lives in<br />
Pleasant River, <strong>and</strong> <strong>at</strong>tends North<br />
Queens High School. When<br />
Carter was seven years old she<br />
learned th<strong>at</strong> Ela, a Bl<strong>and</strong>ing’s<br />
Turtle, was laying eggs on her<br />
gr<strong>and</strong>f<strong>at</strong>her’s property. <strong>For</strong><br />
the past six years Carter has<br />
ventured out on June evenings to<br />
find Ela’s nest <strong>and</strong> protect the eggs;<br />
she returns in the fall to monitor<br />
Ela’s young as they emerge from<br />
the ground. But Carter doesn’t stop there - she<br />
is also actively involved in turtle trapping <strong>and</strong><br />
tracking <strong>and</strong> other species <strong>at</strong> risk programs<br />
such as Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora monitoring.<br />
She is the youngest inductee into the<br />
Volunteer Walk of Honour, with over 350<br />
hours contributed so far. Her favorite part<br />
of volunteering is “w<strong>at</strong>ching a turtle lay her<br />
eggs under the stars”. To help species<br />
<strong>at</strong> risk she knows she has to be<br />
committed, which is why she<br />
comes back year after year.<br />
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