Wetland Watchers – Protocols and Reporting

As a Wetland Watcher, your efforts will help us gain a better understanding of which turtle species occur where in the Land Between. The Wetland Watchers program will run from around June until the end of September, and you will be responsible for monitoring your assigned wetland once a week in the afternoon.

Wetland Watcher Training Modules

Part 1: Turtle Identification Module

Part 2: Turtle Identification in Wetlands Module

Part 3: Wetland Watcher Safety and Protocols Module

Wetland Watcher Quiz

Now that you have completed your training, take your Wetland Watchers Quiz (link)

Wetland Watcher Protocol

• 2021 WW Procedure and Safety Guidelines

Register Your Wetland Form

• Register Your Wetland (Online Reporting Form for the "Getting to Know Your Wetland Activity")

Hardcopy Field Data Sheet

• 2021 WW Field Data Form - Print Version

Note: After getting back from the field, you will transcribe your field data onto your personalized online Google Sheet that was set up for you when you registered. Please contact us at citizenscienceTLB@gmail.com if you have any difficulties with this.

Supporting Documents

• Getting to Know Your Wetland Activity (hardcopy)
• Common Turtle Behaviours
• Rare Wetland Birds in TLB
• Turtles of TLB Species Guide (no road specimen)
• Wetland Plant Species Guide
• General Outdoor Safety Sheet (Tick, Bear, Poisonous Plants)
• Reporting Invasive Phragmites

 

These opportunities are made possible with the generous funding provided by