This geocache is one of twenty Community Lands GeoPassport geocaches within the South Nation Jurisdiction. For more information on this series of geocaches, please visit South_Nation.
Park along the roadside for this geocache. There is an unmaintained trail starting from the NorthEast corner of this property to start you off.
Forests are homes and travel corridors for many wildlife, including those that are at-risk and endangered due to declining habitat and increases in human activity. Rare turtles and their habitat are monitored in the SNC juridisction. Sites like these are selected due to observations of heavy nest activity on the shoulders of roads. Habitat enhancements are designed to replicate natural turtle nesting areas typically found on roadsides. Turtles travel from their forested wetland habitat to find habitat suitable for nesting. Unfortunately, the gravel found on road-sides is prime nest sites and turtle populations are decreasing due to accidents on roadways. In Ontario, most turtle offspring have only a 1% chance of surviving and each turtle must nest for several years or decades before it too can mate and lay eggs.
