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Wildlife biologist Kathleen Smith holds a red-eared slider turtle she found at near West Kirk Park in Junction City, Oregon. Smith came upon the turtle just as it was completing its nest after laying eggs.
During turtle nesting season, a team of wildlife biologists from the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, walk the grounds around West Kirk Park, looking for native northwestern pond turtles and red-eared slider turtles.
The red-eared slider turtles are a nonnative species in Oregon, and they compete with native turtles for food and habitat, especially nesting sites. Corps biologists regularly look for and remove the red-eared slider turtle and its eggs from several Willamette Valley Corps locations. According to biologists, the red-eared sliders are the most popular pet turtle in the United States, but because red-eared sliders live for about 30 years, pet owners often tire of them and release them into the wild. As a result, they are considered one of the world’s 100 most invasive species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
| Date Taken: | 07.26.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 08.30.2022 18:07 |
| Photo ID: | 7395077 |
| VIRIN: | 220726-A-ET072-0009 |
| Resolution: | 6000x4000 |
| Size: | 9.04 MB |
| Location: | JUNCTION CITY, OREGON, US |
| Web Views: | 37 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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