‘If you build it, they will nest’: Langford project’s hope for threatened turtles
Crews added 80 tonnes of sand, fencing and native plants to a protected shoreline site, and 15 nests were counted in the first year.
- A protected nesting habitat nicknamed 'turtle island' was created at Langford Lake following a 'Field of Dreams philosophy,' attracting 15 confirmed nests with emerged hatchlings in its first year after completion in 2022.
- Western painted turtles at Langford Lake faced a critical shortage of safe nesting sites, with most sunny shoreline privately owned, forcing them to nest dangerously in campfire pits and along the E&N rail track.
- Funded by Westhills and costing less than $200,000, the project involved installing split rail fencing to protect 250 metres of shoreline, trucking in 80 tonnes of sand, and planting native vegetation to shield the nesting site.
- The City of Langford now owns the land, with Corvidae Environmental Consulting maintaining the site twice yearly and documenting increased nesting evidence each year since project completion.
- Future research will measure the habitat's long-term population impact through planned camera monitoring, while Corvidae expands similar conservation efforts to Metchosin's Matheson Lake and Nott Pond, with Langford's site believed to be Vancouver Island's largest western painted turtle nesting area.
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