Halton Hills Turtle Guardians

Halton Hills, ON and area

Nest Monitoring and Protection, Response to Hotline Calls for Injured & Road-crossing Turtles, Community Education

Every Turtle Counts, Every Action Matters.

The Halton Hills Turtle Guardians is a volunteer-based group dedicated to the conservation of our local population of Snapping, Midland Painted and Blanding’s turtles. We service Georgetown, Acton, Limehouse and the Halton Hills rural areas in between.

 

What we do:

• Rescue injured turtles, transport them to medical care and then back to home wetlands
• Build and maintain nest protectors
• Protect nesting female turtles
• Monitor and protect turtle nests
• Excavate nests under MNR permit when necessary, transport the eggs to incubation facilities and transport and release hatchlings back into their home wetlands
• Host information booths at numerous community events and present education workshops

 

In 2025, HHTG

• Dealt with 176 nests

• • 86 nests covered with nest boxes
  • 86 at-risk nests excavated and eggs sent to Scales/OTCC to be incubated
  • dealt with 4 predated nests
• 2170 eggs were excavated and 1917 hatchlings safely released back into home wetlands
• Responded to 44 road injuries