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Transcript of By: Jordyn Freburger, Addie Kalama, Jake Kunkel, Skylar Lewis, Cassie Price, and Rebekah Riley.
HUMAN IMPACT ON TURTLES
By: Jordyn Freburger, Addie Kalama, Jake Kunkel, Skylar Lewis, Cassie
Price, and Rebekah Riley
EVENTHarford Glen is bought by Harford County
Public Schools from the army in 1948.
ISSUEHow has the
stewardship of Harford Glen impacted it’s
environment?
PROBLEMTurtles are not getting enough basking
time due to disturbances.
Painted TurtleMusk Turtle
Eastern Mud Turtle Red-bellied
Turtle
RESEARCH QUESTIONTo what extent does the level of disturbance effect basking turtle
populations at Harford Glen?
Players BeliefsMr. Eakes (director of Harford Glen)
“The amount of humans that travel the trails affect the number of turtles. Also, the closer your proximity to a trail affects the number of turtles basking.”
Mr. Burley (instructor at Harford Glen)
“I notice that when I take students on hikes around Harford Glen in areas where there are basking turtles, that unless we are very quiet all the turtles jump in the water.”
Ms. Juliane (counselor) “I believe that humans can impact where turtles bask because they have a great influence on the noise level of an area. Also, humans can create and destroy areas in which turtles bask. So, humans can impact turtles in a positive and negative way.”
Question: What are your beliefs about human impact affecting
basking turtles at Harford Glen?
Ms. Juliane
Caughron
Mr. Burley
Mr. Eakes
Our Players
PROCEDURETo collect data we…1. We observed each site for basking
turtles2. Every 15 min. we would check how
many basking turtles there were3. Kept track of disturbances4. 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.
Site 1: High impact
Site 2: Low impact
JULY 22, 2011 AT SITE 1
9:00 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:000
2
4
6
8
10
12
PaintedMud/MuskRed-bellied
There is no graph for July 22, 2011 at Site 2 due to the fact that
there were no turtles basking
at that site
Am
ount
of
turt
les
sighte
d
Time
JULY 25, 2011 AT SITE 1
10:1
5
10:3
0
10:4
5
11:0
0
11:1
5
12:0
0
12:1
5
12:3
0
12:4
51:
001:
150
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
PaintedMud/MuskRed-Bellied
Am
ount
of
turt
les
sighte
d
Time
JULY 25, 2011 AT SITE 2
10:0
5
10:2
0
10:3
5
10:5
0
11:0
5
12:0
0
12:1
5
12:3
0
12:4
51:
000
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
PaintedMud/MuskRed-Bellied
Am
ount
of
turt
les
sighte
d
Time
JULY 25,2011, SITE 1 AND SITE 2
COMPARISON
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10:1
5
10:4
5
11:1
5
12:1
5
12:4
51:
150
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Painted
Mud/Musk
Red-Bellied
Am
ount
of
turt
les
sighte
d
TimeTime
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
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
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.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank ….
Mr. Chris BurleyMrs. Teal DimitrieMs. MeganMr. Eric CromwellMrs. Mary Murray
Fun times …
Memories …
Jake + The
Herpettes!!!
Any Questions ?