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The INDEPENDENT, February 1, 2012
Learn about our native turtles at presentation by Oregon Wildlife
Oregon Wildlife (Oregon
Wildlife Heritage Foundation)
has issued an invitation to learn
about Oregon’s native turtles –
the western pond and western
painted – at a free presentation
by Dan Rosenberg of the Ore-
gon Wildlife Institute. The pres-
entation will be held on Febru-
ary 8 at the Ecotrust Building in
Portland’s Pearl District. A re-
ception begins at 6:00 p.m. The
lecture at 6:30 p.m. Admission
is free; registration is required.
Register online at the Founda-
tion’s website, www.owhf.org
/discoveringwildlife.
Attendees will learn about
the state’s two native turtle
species and to protect and en-
hance populations in the Port-
land area. The presentation in-
cludes information for landown-
ers about voluntary conserva-
tion actions that can help native
turtles. Like many of the world’s
freshwater turtles, Oregon’s
turtle populations are declining
due to habitat loss, degradation
of nesting areas by invasive
plants, competition from inva-
sive turtles, nest predation, and
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predation on young turtles by
invasive aquatic species.
Both the western painted
and western pond turtle are list-
ed in the Oregon Conservation
Strategy as species in need of
help.
Funding for Rosenburg’s
work comes from the Oregon
Wildlife, Oregon Zoo, City of
Portland, Metro, Port of Port-
land and the Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife.
For more information or
questions, contact the Founda-
tion at 503-255-6059. The talk
will be held at the Billy Frank Jr.
Conference Center of the
Ecotrust Building in Portland’s
Pearl District, 721 NW Ninth
Avenue, Portland.
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Western Painted Turtle,
ODFW Photo. Additional pic-
ture on page 1.
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