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Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue
a registered Canadian charitable organization dedicated to turtles
Safety Habitat Education Long Life
Accomplishments
Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue, in conjunction with Western Sign & Line Painting Ltd., designed a Turtle Crossing sign for installation at known turtle crossing sites.
Guidelines for the installation of these highway signs have been prepared by Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue which is available for those who believe that there is a need for signs in their communities.
Through the generosity of The Friends of the Environment Foundation, Ottawa Chapter, Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue has expanded its Turtle Care Centre for injured and rescued turtles, where they are treated, rehabilitated and then released back into their original habitat.
Chronology
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2007 |
| March 30,31 and April 1 | Wildlife Festival at Billings Bridge Plaza organized by Josette Vermette |
| April | Canadian Wildlife Federation Bulletin Spring 2007:" Turtle Crossings |
| May-June 13 | The Highlands Communicator, " Save the turtles" ,Galway Group joins S.H.E.L.L. to raise Awareness Of turtles Crossing the Roads |
| June 1 | Rockland Vision, "Watch for slow-moving creatures on the roads |
| June 1 | The records News, EMC, "County, MWC working together to protect turtles |
| June | Petawawa Post , Wildlife/Species at Risk Biologist joins base environmental team |
| July | Tucker House in-service given by Suzanne Reardon and Bill Bower |
| Summer 2007 | On Nature article on Turtle Crossing Signs |
| Summer 2007 | Animal Defense League article on Turtle Care Center |
| August | Conservation Booth for education on turtles at the Navan Fair and Lansdowne Park |
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| February 11 | Presentation on turtles and our mission at the Ontario Wildlife Rehabilitation Education Network Conference in London, Ontario,by Michele Andre St. Cyr assisted by Janice Brighton |
| March 30, 31 and April 1st |
Ottawa Wildlife
Festival |
| June 25 | Petrie Island Day/Turtle Day |
| June 27 | Presentation to the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa about the purpose of turtle crossing signs , first aid given to injured turtles, and subsequent rehabilitation of the turtle,by Mike Rankin |
| August 11 | Navan Fair |
| Oct. 1 | Ottawa Reptile Show volunteers Josette Vermette and Glenna Lamarche |
| Oct. 15 | Reptile Expo Held in Kemptville. Volunteers Suzanne Reardon and Janice Brighton represented us. |
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| Apr. | Article "Babies on Board" by Monica Ficker published by the West Carleton Review Weekender |
| Apr. 22 |
Article "Spring means turtles will be looking for that perfect nesting spot" by Monica Ficker published by the West Carleton Review Weekender |
| June 3 |
Article “Local drop-off centre will offer full care for injured turtles" by Monica Ficker published by the Kanata Kourier-Standard |
| June 14 | CBC Radio Thunder Bay - Interview with Mike Rankin about turtles |
| June 15 | CBC Radio Sudbury - Interview with Mike Rankin about turtles |
| June 18 | Barbeque and presentation of awards for appreciation of Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue volunteers |
| June 19 | Turtle Day at Petrie Island |
| June 24 | Article "S.H.E.L.L. says: Watch out for turtles on the road" by Gregg Chamberlain published by Vision, Vol. 11 no. 27 and the Hawkesbury Tribune. |
| July 8 | Articles "Turtle Crossing Signs," "Turtle Rescue Group Turns Five" and "Turtle S.H.E.L.L. is the only of its kind in Ontario" by Steve Coleman in the Weekly Journal, 10th year, no. 31. |
| July 9 | Article "Love & Turtles: Fixing broken shells with fiberglass and care" by Jenny Jackson in the Ottawa Citizen. |
| Aug. 13 | Article "Death on the Highway: Life for Animals is Nasty, Brutish and short" by Jenny Jackson in the Ottawa Citizen. |
| Aug. 13 | Conservation Booth for education on turtles at the Navan Fair |
| Aug. 19 | Booth for education on turtles at Wildlife Day - Lansdowne Park, Ottawa. |
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| Jan. 15 | The official launch of Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue's fully bilingual website. |
| March 4 |
Letter from Michele Andre-St.Cyr, TURTLE S.H.E.L.L. to Regional Ken Seiling : Installation of Turtle Crossing Signage on Regional Roads Approved |
| March 17 |
Turtle AV /Turtles of petrie Island for Friends of Petrie Island and TURTLESHELLTORTUE, by Jim Robertson |
| March 26 | TURTLE S.H.E.L.L. participated in the Forum on Conservation of turtles in Eastern Ontario - Merrickville, Ontario |
| March 30 | Ecological & Environmental Advisory Committee Agenda - Kitchener, Ontario |
| March 31 | Local television - Interview with Mike Rankin on the Wildlife Festival |
| Apr. 2-3-4 | Information Booth - Wildlife Awareness Week at Carlingwood Mall |
| May 14 |
Article - Napanee Guide - Safety Net for turtles in Napanee |
| June 20 | Turtle Day at Petrie Island - Great Turnout (700 people) |
| June 21 |
Visitors celebrate island’s most famous residents by Fred Sherwin - Orleans Online |
| June 25 |
Article - Regional Explorer - Why did the turtles cross the road? by Paul Goulet |
| July 2 |
Article - Turtle crossings from TURTLE S.H.E.L.L. - Vision Newspapers |
| Oct. 15 | Presentation by Mike Rankin and Bill Bower for College d'Alfred, vet's tech |
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| January 6 | Charitable status granted, federal. |
| March | Article in Travel Holiday magazine regarding turtle crossing Sign in Ottawa. |
| April 4-5-6 | NCC Wildlife Festival at Carlingwood shopping center (education) |
| April 26-27 | Festival du Royaume des Animaux, Rockland (éducation) |
| April 26 | Award from the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club. |
| May 13 | Presentation to the Ottawa Amphibian and Reptile Association O.A.R.A. |
| May 28 | Article "Turtle Rescue Movement" published by The Review |
| June 6 | Article "Turtle Crusade breaks new ground" - Vision |
| June 11 | Article "Attention: Passage pour tortues" published by Le Carillon |
| June 18 | Article "À pas de tortues..." published by Le Reflet |
| June 22 | Turtle Day at Petrie Island - Presentation and Educational - Orleans, ON |
| June 27 | Article "Turtle conservation group gets rescue operation going" published by the Weekly Journal |
| July | Article "Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue: Helping Turtles Across The Road" published by the Amphibian Voice - The Toronto Zoo (PDF format) |
| August 5 | CBC Radio Canada - Toronto, Ontario (French station) |
| To be announced | CBC Radio Canada - Quebec, Quebec |
| Sept. 22 | Turtle Presentation for the Vanleek Hill Nature Society - Vanleek Hills, ON |
| Oct. | Article - The Greater Georgian Bay Reptile Awareness Program Newsletter #5 Oct. 2003 - PDF format |
| Oct. 16 | Turtle Presentation for the Mississippi Mills Field-Naturalist's Club - Almonte, ON |
| Nov. 14 | The New RO - Interview for Petrie Island Rescue effort |
| Nov. 16 & 22 | URGENT CALL The Petrie Island Rescue Project Initiated by Turtle S.H.E.L.L. Tortue |
| Dec. 1 | Turtle Presentation for the 119th Brownies of Ottawa. |
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| Jan. | Nominated for environment excellence award by N.C.R.Wildlife Festival |
| Feb. | Consultant to Environment group of Bancroft |
| Feb. | Consultant to Ms. Schoen for the united counties of Wellington, Kitchener/Waterloo |
| March 29 | Article Award for Excellence in Environment Conservation "Turtle Lady" receives special recognition published by Vision. |
| April 4 | Received Award for Excellence for Environmental conservation, by 17th Annual NRC WILDLIFE Festival |
| April 19 | Proposal to Leeds and Grandville Proposal to county of Lanark |
| May 27 | County of Lanark, accept the proposal County of Leeds and Grandville accept the Proposal |
| June 4 | Article "Getting friendly with Petrie Island" published by The Star |
| June 11 | Council of Mississippi Mills support and give full funding for the project of turtle crossing signs after presentation given by Michele Andre-St.Cyr |
| Sept. 12 | Grant received from Friends of the Environment, Ottawa Chapter. |
| Sept.13 | Grant received from the Canadian Reptile and Amphibian Network for crossing signs Leeds and Grenville |
| Sept. 13 | Article "It’s Turtle Season" published by Vision. |
| Sept. 20 | Article "Safety First - our counrty critters thank you" published by Vision |
| Oct. 3 | Injured snapping hatchling turtle from Sept.3, 2002 to center. |
| Nov. 16 | 16-hatchling snapping turtles, from Clayton Lake, born on Nov.13 And 14. (All 33 were 7/8 out of their shell, 16 frozen, one woke up 24 hours later, and another 48 hours, yoke still on plastron) |
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| April 3 | TURTLE S.H.E.L.L./TORTUE S.H.E.L.L. incorporated as a non-profit organization on the federal level. |
| April 13 | Article "Women's awards nominees announced" published by The Ottawa Citizen |
| May 5 | Article "One shell of a cause" published by Ottawa Sun. |
| May 10 | 33 signs installed in R.M.O.C. |
| May 15 | 4 signs installed in City of Gloucester |
| May 17 | 17 signs installed in Prescott-Russell area, 33 signs in the City of Ottawa. (City of Ottawa gives full support) |
| May 25 | Article "Turtle crusade gains momentum" published by Vision |
| May 28 | CBC Radio Ottawa airs English interview on the plight of turtles in Ontario. |
| May 29 | Michele Andre St.-Cyr nominated for the YMCA Woman of Distinction Award. (Education category) |
| June 3 | Officially a non- for profit corporation at the federal level. |
| June 21 | First printing of Education Booklet in French and English made available for schools and interested individuals. 25 copies to Fraserville and approximately 60 copies to United Counties of Prescott-Russell. |
| Aug. 30 | Article "Course shells out turtle care" published by the Ottawa Sun. |
| Sept. 5 | CBC Television airs French interview on the plight of turtles in Ontario. |
| Sept. 8 | Artilce "Turtle first aid course on this weekend" published by Weekly Journal |
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Sept. 8 |
First Turtle Rehabilitation Course presented by TURTLE S.H.E.L.L. Tortue Biologist, wildlife rehabilitation for 20 years with turtles, Kathy Mitchell gave the workshop held at College d’Alfred. Participants: Michele Andre-St.Cyr (Rockland)/Bill Bower (Ottawa)/Dr. Anne Dowes (veterinarian Pretoria animal Hospital in Ottawa) / Dr. Kristy Hiltz (veterinarian in Peterborough) / Ms. Rosamund Northey (Ottawa)/Sharon Perreault (vet.tech. Orleans veterinary Hospital) / Mr. Chris Ratcliffe (Ottawa)/Suzanne Reardon( vet. Tech. Orleans veterinary Hospital) /Vivienne Rice (Chesterville)/ Jane Rowland (Fraserville)/ Mike Rankin (associated herpetologist, Ottawa)/ Douglas St.Cyr (Rockland)/ Sheryl Stark (vet.tech Peterborough) Emmanuelle Verrette (Blair veterinary hospital, Ottawa) |
| Oct. 19 | Article "No longer a one-woman crusade" published by Vision |
| Nov. | Guidelines and standards for the installation of turtle crossing signs completed. |
| Dec. 8 | Kids 4 Turtles with consultation of TURTLE S.H.E.L.L. since May 24, 2000 gave a presentation to Peterborough, and county consent to 30 signs to be installed. Founded by Kids 4 Turtles. |
| Dec. 28 | Article "Turtle crusade gains momentum" published by Vision |
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| April 25 | Presentation given to the Council of the United Counties of Prescott- Russell, accompanied by Steven Virc and Mike Rankin concerning implementation of turtle sign project. |
| April 28 | Article about turtles published by Vision newspaper. |
| May 3 | Article "Aprés les chevreuils et les orignaux... Les tortues! published by Le Reflet. |
| May 3 | Article "Attention aux tortues! Panneaux indicateurs pour les tortues" published by Le Carillon, Hawkesbury. |
| May 6 | Article "What about turtles" published by the Tribune Express, Hawkesbury. |
| May 9 | Presentation given to the Stewardship Council of Prescott-Russell in an attempt to obtain grants for turtle crossing signs. |
| May 10 | Article "Turtles: Woman appeals for action" published by the Review. |
| May 11 | Article "What About Turtles - Rockland resident speaks up for Ontario's freshwater turtle population" published by The Prescott-Russell News. |
| May 11 | United Counties of Prescott-Russell gives the green light for 14 turtle crossing signs in the area. |
| May 12 | Educational article about turtles published by L’Orignal. |
| May 16 | Article "Woman hopes signs slow turtle carnage" published by the Ottawa Sun. |
| May 17 | Article "Les Comtés-unis donnent le feu vert aux tortues" published by Le Reflet. |
| May 19 | CBC Ottawa radio interview about the plight of the turtle population in Ontario. |
| May 21 | CBC Toronto Radio interview on the plight of Ontario’s turtle population. |
| May 21 | CBC television interview about efforts to save turtles. |
| May 24 | Article "André St. Cyr gets green light for turtle signs" published by The Review |
| May 24 | Millbrook Contact regarding turtle crossing signs |
| June 2 | 17 signs installed in United counties of Prescott-Russell |
| June 6 | Article "Les enseignes de tortues sont installées" published by Le Reflet. |
| June 7 | Article "Attention aux tortues! published by Vision. |
| June 9 | Article "Les panneaux de signalisation sont installés" published by Vision |
| June 10 | Article about turtles published by Le Droit. |
| June 10 | Article "Signs warn of turtles" published by the Ottawa Sun. |
| July 6 | Article "Turtle lady egged on" published by the Ottawa Sun. |
| July | Article "Signs give turtles a chance at survival" published by Vision |
| July 20 | Proposal sent to the City of Cumberland for the installation of turtle signs. |
| July 24 | Article "Turtle-crossing signs slow in coming" published by the Ottawa Citizen. |
| July 24 | Article detailing the awareness of the turtle crossing signs published by the National Post. |
| August 15 | Meeting with the Mayor of the City of Cumberland which resulted in the installation of turtle crossing signs in 2 more locations at Old Montreal Road and Trim Road. Full support from the city. |
| August 29 | Article "Vandals snap up turtle signs" published by The Ottawa Sun |
| Sept. | Newsletter of Ontario Physio Association published small article on the turtle crossing signs. |
| Sept. 1 | Article "Vandals new target - Turtle crossing signs vanish" published by Vision |
| Sept. 7 | Article "Où sont les cinq enseignes de tortues?" published by Le Reflet |
| Sept. 7 | First meeting of TURTLE S.H.E.L.L./TORTUE S.H.E.L.L. |
| Sept. 12 | Meeting with the Chair/President of the Transportation Committee of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton accompanied by Kim Sinnett. |
| Sept. 12 | Presentation to the City of Gloucester |
| Sept. 14 | Article "Tortues: le projet avance lentement" published by Le Droit. |
| Sept. 15 | 4 signs installed in City of Cumberland |
| Sept. 19 | Article "Turtle lady wages one-woman campaign to save shelled friends" published by The Star. |
| Oct. 11 | Turtle crossing sign proposal approved by R.M.O.C. and give full support. |
| Oct.17 | Environmental Advisory Board of Gloucester recommends and approved installation of 4 signs on Ridge Road. Full support from the city. |
| Oct. 19 | Article about turtles and crossing signs published by The News. |
| Oct. 20 | Article "Region will spend $3,000 on turtles" published by The Ottawa Citizen |
| Dec. 29 | Article "Turtle Crossing Signs" published by Vision |
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| Sept. | Educational article "Les chasseurs envahiront la Forêt Larose" published by Le Reflet |
| Sept.18 | Eastern Ontario Wildlife Day - Ontario's Turtle Population Workshop. Bourget Community Centre. |