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Human impact on turtles

Human impact on turtles. By: Jordyn Freburger , Addie Kalama, Jake Kunkel, Skylar Lewis, Cassie Price, and Rebekah Riley. Event. Harford Glen is bought by Harford County Public Schools from the army in 1948. Issue. How has the stewardship of Harford Glen impacted it’s environment?.

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Human impact on turtles

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  1. Human impact on turtles By: JordynFreburger, Addie Kalama, Jake Kunkel, Skylar Lewis, Cassie Price, and Rebekah Riley

  2. Event Harford Glen is bought by Harford County Public Schools from the army in 1948.

  3. Issue How has the stewardship of Harford Glen impacted it’s environment?

  4. Problem Turtles are not getting enough basking time due to disturbances.

  5. Painted Turtle Musk Turtle Eastern Mud Turtle Red-bellied Turtle

  6. Research Question To what extent does the level of disturbance effect basking turtle populations at Harford Glen?

  7. Question: What are your beliefs about human impact affecting basking turtles at Harford Glen?

  8. Our Players Mr. Burley Ms. JulianeCaughron Mr. Eakes

  9. procedure To collect data we… • We observed each site for basking turtles • Every 15 min. we would check how many basking turtles there were • Kept track of disturbances • Continued this process every 15 minutes Note: the whole time we were out collecting data most disturbances were us taking data& observing. Also, there were classes being loud, vehicles, and other natural disturbances.

  10. Site 1: High impact Site 2: Low impact

  11. July 22, 2011 at site 1 There is no graph for July 22, 2011 at Site 2 due to the fact that there were no turtles basking at that site Amount of turtles sighted Time

  12. July 25, 2011 at site 1 Amount of turtles sighted Time

  13. July 25, 2011 at site 2 Amount of turtles sighted Time

  14. July 25,2011, Site 1 and site 2 comparison Time

  15. Conclusions • More turtles were found at the high impacted site than the low impacted site • Low impacted site had more canopy and less basking spots • High impacted site had less cover and more basking areas

  16. Inferences • The trails at Harford Glen are not used enough to greatly effect the amount of time the turtles bask • Turtles bask less when high levels of disturbances occur

  17. Action Plan • We will go out to the high impact area (Site1) and count how many turtles we see. Then, we will simulate it, by getting a class to walk through and see how that will impact the turtles. • Also, we will make signs to represent that turtles are basking.

  18. Acknowledgments • We would like to thank …. • Mr. Chris Burley • Mrs. Teal Dimitrie • Ms. Megan • Mr. Eric Cromwell • Mrs. Mary Murray

  19. Fun times … Jake+The Herpettes!!! Memories …

  20. Any Questions ?

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