Ontario Parks

Ontario

Nest Protection | Monitoring | Habitat Restoration | Education

Ontario Parks hosts important turtle research projects, including tracking the survival of Blandings and Wood Turtle hatchlings using radio telemetry. Other parks have installed ecopassages (wildlife crossings) or turtle fencing at key crossing areas to reduce turtle road mortality. Ontario Parks staff and researchers have also been using artificial nesting mounds in Algonquin and Presqu’ile provincial parks to provide turtles with safe places to lay their eggs.