It’s World Turtle Day! In Northeast Ohio, we’re working hard to protect the rare spotted turtle through conservation, habitat management, captive breeding, and care for rescued turtles. Collaborative science is giving these species a future! Tune in now! | Cleveland Metroparks

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This gorgeous, starry-backed Spotted Turtle was spotted in a coastal plain wetland by Turtle Survival Alliance’s Jordan Gray on a recent afternoon survey. This turtle was first cataloged by Jordan in 2021 just meters away from where he was rediscovered last week. Due to experiencing more than two years of drought where this turtle lives, it’s likely that he has been in a relative state of dormancy, buried beneath moist leaf litter and other decomposing debris in the forest surrounding “his” wetl

Keep them wild! When conducting wild turtle population surveys, we prioritize careful care and handling, and always put the turtles back where we found them. Populations of our #TurtleOfTheWeek, the Spotted Turtle, are decreasing in the wild due to habitat fragmentation and destruction. That’s why it’s imperative to keep turtles in the wild whenever you come across them. Turtle encounters are special, most everyone who grew up near a river, lake, or forest has a turtle story, but they should alw