In order to save both species of western pond turtle, the Center petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2012 for their protection under the Endangered Species Act, along with 52 other ...

Members of the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society travelled to Kelowna to release a western painted turtle that had ...

In order to save both species of western pond turtle, the Center petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2012 for their protection under the Endangered Species Act, along with 52 other ...

Western Pond Turtle fitted with a transmitter is released back into the water after the collection of data on Wednesday July 24, 2013, in Clayton, ...

Bury, R.B., D.J. Germano, A. Rhodin, P. Pritchard, and P. van Dijk. 2008. Actinemys marmorata (Baird and Girard 1852)—Western Pond Turtle, Pacific Pond Turtle. Conservation Biology of Freshwater ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife may list the western pond turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. We'll hear from the Oregon Zoo to learn more about the turtle, conservation work being done ...

Why is the western pond turtle's population declining? The turtles, which typically top out at 2.4 pounds and can live up to 50 years, live in streams, ponds, lakes and wetlands in western Oregon ...

In 1991, WDFW and the Woodland Park Zoo came together to form the western pond turtle recovery project, which aimed to rebound the species' population. In 1999, the Oregon Zoo also joined the effort.