The Friends of Egmont has just learned that the Western Painted Turtle has been placed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk by the federal government. This was announced in Canada Gazette this past Saturday (August 11th). This turtle is found in both North and Waugh Lakes here in the Egmont area. Now, when we see one of those turtles on Egmont Road, we should stop, get out and move it to a safer spot.
Today's Times Colonist out of Victoria has an article ('At-risk species risk grows by 36') giving the full details of the federal government's announcement and the reasons for it.
The Western Painted Turtle - Pacific Coast Population is on the BC Ministry of Environment's 'Red List'; however, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of data about the turtle on the site.
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