[SEMCO] Orleans Conservation Trust- Turtle Monitors Needed

[Orleans Conservation Trust]

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Learn To Become a Turtle Monitor

How exciting!  In another month or so we could be seeing our first diamondback terrapins
(turtles) of the year laying eggs in sandy "gardens" that have been maintained by
volunteers!  You are invited to volunteer for this conservation program!  These 
turtles are listed as threatened in the state of MA.  They are a beautiful turtle,
too!

Around mid-June volunteers walk the White's Lane Conservation Area and areas at 
MA Audubon Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary to look for nesting terrapins or established 
nests.  These nests are then protected with wire cages to keep out predators.  The
eggs incubate over the summer, and then in mid-August to October, volunteers look
for the hatchlings, which are brought into the MA Audubon's Sanctuary for weighing
and measuring, and then are released into the salt marsh.

We are looking for volunteers to take a weekly morning (8am) or evening (5pm) shift.
 About  4 people per shift works well. We'll begin our search for nests in mid-June.
Depending on how many nests/hatchlings are found, your shift may be an hour to a
 few hours.

If you are NEW or RETURNING, you are invited to take one of the two training courses
being offered. The course details go as follows:

Course # 1

Date: Wednesday, June 4
Time: 9:00am- 11:30am
Location: MA Audubon's Sanctuary, 291 U.S. 6, Wellfleet, MA 02667
Details: This course will include a presentation on terrapins and a review of last
year's data, along with a walk to "turtle gardens".
RSVP: Please RSVP by contacting Dianne Silverstein at 508- 349-2615 or
e-mail dsilverstein at massaudubon.org.

Course # 2

Date:  Wednesday, June 4

Time: 1:00pm- 2:30pm

Location: White's Lane Conservation Area, 33 White's Lane, Orleans, MA 02653 (end
of Henson Rd., off Monument Road).

Details: This course will be an "in the field" training course.

RSVP: Please RSVP by contacting Kris Ramsay at 508-255-0183 or e-mail Kramsay at OrleansConservationTrust.org.

As always, your volunteer service is greatly appreciated!  Come join this incredible
citizen science program!
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Grassy Knoll Conservation Area
Educational Walk

Date: Thursday, June 5, 2014

Location: Meet at 61 Champlain Road, Orleans

Time: 9:00-10:15am

Walk Leader: Kris Ramsay, OCT Director

Details: Between 2006 and 2008, Stanley and Barbara Eskin donated a one acre parcel
of land and helped preserve an additional two acre, highly developable lot, overlooking
Nauset Harbor. Today, this property is being managed as an early succession field
and serves as a wildlife refuge for a number of our local wildlife species, including
the State protected Box Turtle. This casual walk will stretch from Champlain Road,
through the Grassy Knoll Conservation Area and down to the edge of Nauset Harbor.
This walk is appropriate for all ages.

Directions: From the intersection of Rt. 28 and Main Street in Orleans, drive east
on Main Street (.4 mi) towards Nauset Beach. Turn left on Tonset Rd. at the lights
and follow to Hopkins Lane where you will take a slight right (.5 mi). Continue 
to Brick Hill Rd and bear left (1 mi), take a slight right on Champlain Rd. and 
follow to parking area on right (.5 mi). Look for a white Ford Ranger pickup.
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For more information contact:

Orleans Conservation Trust

508-255-0183

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