Turtle Information Talk and Turtle Tracker Training
Thursday 12th September 2024
Attention all freshwater turtle lovers! Our native turtle population is under threat and needs your help!
The City of Albany is a proud partner of the Murdoch University and South West Metropolitan Alliance led Saving Our Snake Necked Turtle (SOSNT) project.
Many of the City’s wetlands, including Tjuirtgellong / Lake Seppings, are home to populations of the snake-necked turtle which are under threat from predators such as foxes and ravens, vehicle strikes on our roads, lack of suitable nesting habitat and the increased drying of southwest wetlands.
The City has committed to a funding partnership which will provide the Albany community with opportunities to help save snake-necked turtles. You can learn about the turtles and the latest research, and how to contribute data using the TurtleSAT app. SOSNT also provides YOU with an opportunity to help protect this species by receiving training to become a ‘Turtle Tracker’! This includes tracking nesting females, protecting their nests, and logging this data on the TurtleSAT app – all of which will inform which actions to best conserve our turtle.
Come along to this session to find out more about turtles, the project and how you can help just by using your smartphone! After the turtle information talk, you will have the opportunity to be trained to join our turtle-y cool group of volunteer ‘Turtle Trackers’ to help save turtles at two urban wetlands in Albany (with the added bonus of increasing your fitness and engaging with like-minded people).
Some light refreshments will be provided.
When: 6pm - 8.30pm, Thursday 12 September 2024
(Arrive at 5:45pm for a 6pm start)
Where: City of Albany North Road Civic Rooms, Albany
Register: By heading to - albany-events.bookable.net.au/#!/ or call Sandra on 6820 3960
For further information about the project visit the following website: www.SOSNT.net.au
