Drain Rescue----Are you interested in helping young diamondback terrapins?
Join The Wetlands Institute staff and dedicated volunteers in an effort to
rescue baby terrapins that have fallen into local storm drains.
Many newly hatched terrapins fall into storm drains every spring and fall
as they make their way to the salt marsh after hatching from their nests. This
spring volunteers rescued 645 babies from Wildwood Crest and Sea Isle City storm
drains!
Volunteers help The Wetlands Institute by expanding the range and number of
storm drains that are checked through our Terrapin Storm Drain Rescue Project.
To contribute, all you’ll need is good eye sight and an extended net to free
terrapins from the drains. The process is simple too. You can check drains at a
monitoring location and on a schedule convenient to you. We just require that
you fill out and submit datasheets so we are able to identify and target storm
drains that prevalently have high numbers of trapped hatchlings.
If you are interested in rescuing hatchling terrapins from storm drains in
the South Jersey area, please come join The Wetlands Institute for a Terrapin
Storm Drain Rescue Workshop on Tuesday September 10, 2013 at 6:00pm. This
hour-long workshop will provide you with a background on our storm drain rescue
efforts, teach you how to monitor storm drains, provide you with training
necessary to utilize our datasheets, and supply you with the equipment needed to
rescue a terrapin from a storm drain.
To register for this workshop, please e-mail Katie Sellers at ksellers@wetlandsinstitute.org
with your name and number of people in attendance by Friday September 6,
2013.
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