2019 activities are kicking off in fine style!

May 3, today and I thought it might be time for an update of what has been going on. If this is any indication this season is going to exhausting. earlier this week Clarence and some unnamed assistant did some site enhancement at a key location. Yesterday was a busy but great day for raising awareness regarding the plight of the Snapping Turtle. I attended a Sackville Business Association gathering (Thanks to Walter Reagan) for the invite. It was a productive hour as i met several people and distributed a couple of our great knitted turtles. In the evening Clarence carried our flag at a monthly Sackville River Association monthly meeting by putting on a 40 minute presentation. He signed up some memberships for our society, and distributed a couple of our knitted turtles so we had a Super day on the second of May.
Today, I was out to see Joe as we cut up some 4x8 sheets of plywood into "blanks" for our Watch 4 Turtles signs.

We have been provided with permission to use these signs from Kelly Wallace from the Think Turtle Initiative in Ontario. You may have seen her post items in our FaceBook group Turtle Patrol Nova Scotia. She sent along a finished sign and all the specifications of how to make these beauties.
Here is a shot of Joe nipping up the sheets of plywood into the blanks.

We are having a work party to turn the blanks into the turtle shape and have them primed and ready for painting next weekend Saturday May 11th @ 10:00 a.m. at 103 Dow Street in New Minas. Don't hesitate to contact me (902) 240-8332 if you are able to be there and give us a hand.
This will be the second year in a row that AA Munro Greenwich are offering a day of volunteer assistance. They will be providing our lunch during the day!

More good news came today in the form of our first local report of a reappearing Snapping Turtle.

So they seem to be out and about.
Another SUPER thing that happened today is when I picked up the mail I was greeted with this piece of fabulous news.

So we will now be able to start getting our office set up, our field equipment, and project identification/education items. Here is a BIG shout out to the wonderful Councillors at the Halifax Regional Municipality for committing to our cause!!!!!
Let's hope we don't get too busy to keep everyone up to date on our advancements and results.
Yours in Turtling,
Turbo