The Vindicator

Big fish, small pond — or just the turtle watching it all?

As some of you already know, if you’ve been reading my columns from the beginning, my journey has taken me through different waters. While I was raised here, after college, I ventured off — first to ...
AOL

Watch This Monster Turtle Invade a Man’s Pond and Gobble Up His Fish

What Kind of Turtle Is in the Video? In his pond, Zak notices his fish are acting strange. That’s when he discovers a softshell turtle has taken up residence. The reptile seems to have come from a ...
JD Supra

Western Pond Turtle Listing Will Impact Land and Water Managers Throughout the Western U.S.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed listing the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) and the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) as threatened species under the ...

This Turtle Grows Its Own Fishing Lure Inside Its Mouth

Many of us were told as kids to watch out for the painful chomp of a snapping turtle. Anyone who has had the unfortunate ...
E&E

‘Wary’ pond turtles are now in the clamorous ESA arena

The Fish and Wildlife Service has already received a lot of input on its proposal to list two species of turtles as threatened. Fish and Wildlife Service proposals to protect two species of western ...
KUOW

Northwest pond turtles to get federal protection as they near extinction

Federal officials say pond turtles are nearing extinction from Washington state to Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting the turtles as a threatened species on Friday. Fewer ...
Reno Gazette-Journal

ESA protections proposed for rare pond turtle found in Nevada

A rare pond turtle living in far western Nevada is now being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. On Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list both ...
Wilderness TV on MSN

These fish were dying in dry land – now they have a turtle pond shelter

Stranded and struggling in a drying environment, these fish are rescued just in time and placed into a newly built aquarium pond around a turtle shelter, giving them a second chance at life in a safe ...
KTVZ

Two West Coast pond turtles proposed for endangered species protection

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTVZ) -- In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday proposed to protect northwestern and ...
Statesman Journal

Could imperiled turtle’s federal listing change Salem’s approach to homeless camps?

This story has been updated with new information. The federal government's decision on whether to list a turtle as a threatened species could have a big impact on Salem. Salem officials are awaiting ...
komonews

Dozens of Western Pond turtles at Woodland Park Zoo to be released into protected wetlands

SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists (WDFW) are preparing more than 35 Western Pond turtles for release in the wild. As part of the Western Pond ...
USA Today

A Florida woman saw animals trapped in a dried up pond. She made a call to save them.

An employee in a Florida shopping center noticed alligators and turtles in a drained, concrete retention pond. The employee called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for help.