New York Turtle Rehabilitation Meeting - Exchanging Information & Creating Networks to Preserve Wild Turtle Populations
Saturday, November 16, 10am - 5 pm - Free Event! Teatown Lake Reservation - Cliffdale Farm on Teatown Road Ossining, NY 10562 Space is limited RSVP: [email protected] Join us as we exchange ideas and learn techniques for the rehabilitation of chelonian wildlife. There is a growing community of people in our region who rehabilitate injured native turtles. We seek to provide chelonian specific training, share solutions for dealing with common injuries, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, field observations, and new directions from a variety of perspectives. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE 9:30 -10:00 - Registration 10:00 – 10:15 - Opening Remarks – Patricia Johnson, Turtle Advocate 10:15 -11:00 - Egg Incubation - Dr. Zachary Whitman 11:00 - 11:45 - Incubation Experiences and Results - An Open Discussion - Natasha Nowick, Turtle Rescue League 11:45 - 12:30 - TBA - Dr. Danielle Tarbert, Cornell Wildlife Center 12:30 – 1:30 - Lunch Break 1:30 – 2:15 - Common Snapping Turtle - Handling, Care Set-Up, and Convalescence - Alexxia Bell, Turtle Rescue League 2:15 – 3:00 - Evaluating Releasability of Turtles and Capture/Release Site Suitability - Kathy Michell, New York Center for Turtle Rehabilitation and Conservation 3:00 - 3:45 - Sea Turtle Rescue - Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation 3:45 - 4:45 - Share Your Cases - An Open Discussion 4:45 - 5:00 - Closing Remarks TRAVEL We will do one pick up at Ossining train station 7:50 depart Grand Central, NYC 8:49 arrive at Ossining Please reserve a pickup if you plan to arrive by train VOLUNTEERS We could use help with the following: - Pickup at the Ossining train station at 8:49 - Time keeper to keep us on schedule - General setup GENERAL NOTES - Please bring a flash drive with photos of your interesting cases to share with the group - Bring a sack lunch. Snacks and beverages will be provided - If you have extra supplies bring them to share ************************************************************************ This meeting is open to conservationists, field biologists, citizen scientists, licensed wildlife rehabilitators, and professionals actively working in turtle conservation. Please feel free to forward this to any qualified colleagues who may be interested in attending. If you have any further questions, please email or give me a call. Patricia S Johnson [email protected] www.TurtleAdvocate.org 347-242-7058 This meeting is sponsored by the Southern New York Turtle Conservation Forum Our mailing address is: Turtle Advocate 1992 Commerce St. #218 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
