Conservation Dogs to Detect Blanding’s Turtle Nests prior to Road Rehabilitation Activities

Blanding’s Turtles nest in the granular shoulders of roadways, burying eggs beneath the ground surface. Visual detection of nests is not possible. Highway rehabilitation can damage or destroy eggs from May 21 to October 31. Detection dogs were trained in Ontario to locate Blanding’s Turtles nests, a federally and provincially listed Species at Risk, along roadways. This work contributes directly to environmental protection during road infrastructure renewal and conservation of species at risk turtles.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.tac-atc.ca/sites/default/files/conf_papers/mcintosh_perry_conservation_dogs-complete.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Priddle, M
• Conference:
  • TAC 2017: Investing in Transportation: Building Canada's Economy - - 2017 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 1.5 MB, 10p.
• Monograph Title: TAC 2017: Investing in Transportation: Building Canada's Economy - - 2017 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Detection and identification; Environmental protection; Repairing; Roadside; Roadside fauna; Wildlife
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 9115: Detection; 2448: Nature protection; 3635: Repair; 2821: Roadside; 2449: Wildlife crossing
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01668417
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: May 3 2018 3:11PM