Wishing you a great Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) and wonderful 2014 with all of your friends, family and loved ones–human and animal–gathered all around you.
The animals and I THANK YOU for all your support during the 2013 year.
Look for the 2013 year end review coming soon!
Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks are two reptile conservation, research and education projects occurring near Earthshine Discovery Center and Dupont Forest in the mountains of western North Carolina, USA. Through the magic of modern technology and a lot of hard volunteer work by a wildlife conservationist and his small crew of volunteers, glimpse into the lives of several wild reptiles living in their natural habitats. For more detailed info on our projects and programs please take a look at our website: http://www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation of our misunderstood wildlife through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs, conservation based field research programs, and online with our nature documentary video series.
We are not paid nor do we collect a salary to operate ENP or to conduct our wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have donated to ENP over the years!! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would just not be possible – your support makes this important work happen. If you would like to support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate by visiting http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate
An update of the status of the Eastern box turtles in the Earthshine Nature Programs Turtle Tracks Eastern box turtle conservation, public awareness and education program happening at Earthshine Discovery Center in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, USA.
12/08/13 Field Update: Today I located both Catherine and Jimmy Irwin. They were both settled into their overwintering sites for their long winters nap. Jimmy is in almost the exact same location that he over-wintered in last year and Catherine is only about 30 feet northwest of the site she used for the last several years.
The Trails turtles, Shelly Echo and Paula Journeys, are also deep in their winter sleep waiting for spring.
Note: While walking back to my car today I found the scat (poop) of an unusually large animal–probably a horse–so if you are missing a horse, please contact me and I will let you know where I found it. Like any good naturalist I analyzed the scat so if you are interested in what I found just take a look at it in the video below–especially if you are missing a horse. It was just a bit large to be a bear so the other possibility is a Sasquatch 😉
View the video from today’s field excursion below.
This will probably be the last locate day for 2013 however, I will do a mid-winter video report on all of the reptiles and then start anew in the spring with the continued tracking of these beautiful creatures.
Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks are two reptile conservation, research and education projects occurring near Earthshine Discovery Center and Dupont Forest in the mountains of western North Carolina, USA. Through the magic of modern technology and a lot of hard volunteer work by a wildlife conservationist and his small crew of volunteers, glimpse into the lives of several wild reptiles living in their natural habitats. For more detailed info on our projects and programs please take a look at our website: http://www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation of our misunderstood wildlife through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs, conservation based field research programs, and online with our nature documentary video series.
We are not paid nor do we collect a salary to operate ENP or to conduct our wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have donated to ENP over the years!! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would just not be possible – your support makes this important work happen. If you would like to support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate by visiting http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate
This is an update on the Turtle Tracks wildlife conservation and education project being conducted by Earthshine Nature Programs.
Today I discovered Catherine only about 30-40 feet northwest from her usual over-wintering location. Since I released her after her new transmitter was attached she has moved around 300 feet to the southeast and appears to be getting ready for her long winters nap. Just three feet to the south of Catherine I discovered another box turtle basking in the warm sun just outside of his form. This was a male turtle I had previously marked in 2007. Because of his marking sequence I call him “Abi” and I have found Abi several times before–several years ago I even found him mating with Catherine. It would be nice to one day attach a transmitter to Abi and see just how often he and Catherine cross paths.
Take a look at Catherine and Abi in today’s video below.
If the video does not play try following this link:
This is an update on the Snake Tracks wildlife conservation, research and education project being conducted by Earthshine Nature Programs.
Today both snakes were underground and not visible. Utsanati is in the exact location that he used for overwintering over the last two years. Zoe is a different story. She remains on the southeast side of the ridge not very far from the small clearing above the waterfall where she spent the summer and fall. She is only about 170 feet west of that location and she is in a small, sheltered valley, underground, beneath the roots of a Mountain Laurel shrub. I believe she has chosen to over winter in this location. My question is why? Is this a site she uses periodically for a reason or did she just get caught off guard by cool weather and decide to shelter here out of necessity? Only time may tell.
View a rather dark video (because it was night) of today’s locate.
If the video does not play try following this link:
Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks are two reptile conservation, research and education projects occurring near Earthshine Discovery Center in the mountains of western North Carolina, USA. Through the magic of modern technology and a lot of hard volunteer work by a wildlife conservationist and his small crew of volunteers, glimpse into the lives of two wild Eastern box turtles and two wild Timber rattlesnakes in their natural habitats. For more detailed info on our projects and programs please take a look at our website: http://www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation of our misunderstood wildlife through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs, conservation based field research programs, and online with our nature documentary video series.
We are not paid nor do we collect a salary to operate ENP or to conduct our wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have donated to ENP over the years!! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would just not be possible – your support makes this important work happen. If you would like to support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate by visiting http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate
This is an update on the Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks wildlife conservation and education projects being conducted by Earthshine Nature Programs.
We released Catherine today after she received a new radio transmitter. If you missed out on the fact that her previous transmitter malfunctioned just take a look at this video for the update:
If the video does not play try following this link:
Zoe has moved about 170′ back toward the clearing where she spent the summer. Today we were unable to visually locate Zoe but Margaret found one of her recently shed skins!
We were unable to track Utsanati and Jimmy today but will have an update on their locations soon.
Watch the video of today’s locate:
If the video does not play try following this link:
Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks are two reptile conservation, research and education projects occurring near Earthshine Discovery Center in the mountains of western North Carolina, USA. Through the magic of modern technology and a lot of hard volunteer work by a wildlife conservationist and his small crew of volunteers, glimpse into the lives of two wild Eastern box turtles and two wild Timber rattlesnakes in their natural habitats. For more detailed info on our projects and programs please take a look at our website: http://www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation of our misunderstood wildlife through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs, conservation based field research programs, and online with our nature documentary video series.
We are not paid nor do we collect a salary to operate ENP or to conduct our wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have donated to ENP over the years!! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would just not be possible – your support makes this important work happen. If you would like to support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate by visiting http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate
Catherine and Jimmy Irwin are doing very well however, in late September Catherine’s transmitter began emitting a strange signal that was very hard to track (see video). I was instructed by the company that manufactured the unit to remove it and send it back to them for repair. I have since received a new transmitter and attached it to Catherine, the signal is strong and she is doing well. Jimmy was about 300 feet west of his usual overwintering area and looked well.
Below is a video update of Catherine and her transmitter incident and Jimmy Irwin.
For more information on the Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks projects and Earthshine Nature Programs please visit us at www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation of our misunderstood wildlife through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs, conservation based field research programs, and online with our nature documentary video series.
We are not paid nor do we collect a salary to operate ENP or to conduct our wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have donated to ENP over the years!! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would just not be possible – your support makes this important work happen. If you would like to support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate by visiting http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate
An update on Mrs. Bones, one of the Eastern box turtles in the Earthshine Nature Programs Turtle Tracks box turtle conservation, public awareness and education program happening at Earthshine Discovery Center, Cedar Mountain and The Academy at Trails Carolina in western North Carolina, USA.
Mrs Bones has been on another incredible Odyssey. She was picked up in mid summer by an unknown turtle-napper, toted several miles away for several days, was discovered by a concerned citizen who returned her to us where we then discovered her transmitter was dead. She then received a new transmitter, was released back into her habitat where she became sick with conjunctivitis, was pulled from her habitat and was treated and recovered from the illness, had an article published about her travels in the local paper, was again released back into her home range where she was preparing for her long winter sleep when an outside force of unknown description (most likely a canid or a mower) removed her transmitter leaving her whereabouts unknown (more about this in the video below). We searched but found no trace of Mrs. Bones so we feel that she is doing fine somewhere in the forest and fields of her native habitat roaming free like a turtle should be. We may find her again one day but as we know it is very heard to locate a wild turtle that does not want to be found.
Over the 4+ years that we followed Mrs. Bones we collected some very valuable data on the travels of a wild Eastern Box Turtle in a fragmented, human altered landscape.
What did we learn from following in the tracks of Mr. and Mrs. Bones?
In short we learned that box turtles know where they are, what they are doing and where they are going. They have an agenda, a mission–they are on “important turtle business” and they need to complete it. They do not need help from us in the form of being “rescued” from being “lost.” If they have not been picked up and moved away from their native habitat, then they are not lost–they know exactly where they are. Box turtles have an amazingly accurate sense of navigation and they can find remote areas of their habitat at the same time each year that a normal human could not do without a GPS and specialized training. They are incredible survivors and have been around since the time of the dinosaurs and survived unbelievable odds in order to still inhabit the earth today. However, they are having trouble surviving the human animal and his drive to alter the land to his way of thinking. They have trouble adapting to our way of life so we must adapt to theirs. What do I mean by this? First, they need our help when it comes to crossing roads–simply move them to the side that they are moving or pointing toward, take them a few yards off the road into the vegetation and say goodbye. Please do not take them home as pets–they need to stay wild and in many places it is illegal to do so. If you burn leaves and other yard debris in the fall–do so shortly after raking because box turtles like to shelter in leaf piles. If you wait days or weeks to burn, a turtle could be trapped inside and be injured or die. Do not use chemical fertilizers, weed killers and other toxins on your land. These chemicals are toxic to life and poison the food chain of which turtles are a part. These toxins build up in their bodies and weaken or kill them. These toxins also eventually end up in your food supply because everything is connected in the great web of life. Finally, if you must mow grass, please keep your grass short so that turtles and other wildlife do not move into the tall grass in search of food and shelter and then get injured or killed by the blades of your mower. Also, mow at the hottest time of the day as this is when turtles and other wildlife have either moved out of the heat or buried into the ground and may be safe from the mower.
In the future I plan to publish a scientific paper outlining the detailed findings of this study as well as a children’s book about the Eastern Box Turtle. The book will outline the life of the box turtle as well as the dangers and challenges it faces to survive and serve to teach children and adults about the life and the importance of these beautiful, ancient creatures.
View Mrs. Bones’ latest Odyssey via the video below:
View Mrs Bones’ first Odyssey via the video below:
For more information on Earthshine Nature Programs and the Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks wildlife conservation projects check out: http://www.earthshinenature.com
We are not paid nor do we collect a salary to operate ENP or to conduct our wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have donated to ENP over the years!! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would just not be possible – your support makes this important work happen. If you would like to support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate by visiting http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate
Below is a video field update on the status of all five of the Eastern box turtles in the Earthshine Nature Programs Turtle Tracks and Turtle Trails projects.
For more information on the Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks projects and Earthshine Nature Programs please visit us at www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation of our misunderstood wildlife through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs, conservation based field research programs, and online with our nature documentary video series.
I am not paid nor do I pay myself to operate ENP or to conduct my wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
If you would like to help support our mission and programs please feel free to donate using this link: http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate. Receipts available upon request. You may also donate supplies such as animal foods, medical supplies, reptile vitamins and habitat supplies. If you are interested in donating any of these items please contact us for more information on our current needs.
THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us make Earthshine Nature Programs happen! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would not be possible.
Music by The Steep Canyon Rangers used with written permission. www.steepcanyon.com
Earthshine Nature Programs is in no way affiliated or responsible for ads that may appear below this line.
Check out these photos of the rehab and resident box turtles and tortoises eating a great lunch of veggies and worms!
That’s Chewy chewing on an organic non GMO tomato I grew in my garden.
Charlie the Redfoot and Vadim the Russian Tortoise eat corn and spinach.
Ben Franklin on the left finishing off an Earthworm and then Rasputin also eating an earthworm. This is the first food Rasputin has eaten in over two months! He was hit by a car in June–it fractured his shell in several places including the hinge that connects the carapace (top) and plastron (bottom) halves of his shell together. The Trails students and I had to apply a massive shell patch to his shell to give him a chance at life. We have also had to tube feed him several times since his accident because he has not wanted to eat until today. It is great to see him out socializing with the other turtles and eating again–another success story I hope. If he makes it through the winter we will know that we have hopefully saved his life.
The turtle in the middle is Crash–she was hit by a car in June of 2012 and suffered an injury similar to Rasputin’s but she has healed very well and is doing great–a great success story for sure!
That is Rose on the right looking on–she was first to the worm pile and already has eaten her fill.
Snappers go home!
A few weeks ago I released some cute little baby snapping turtles into a pond–take a look!
They were fond by campers at Camp Illahee over the summer. The girls kept them in the aquarium in the nature center and learned all about them before camp was over and I released them back into the pond where they were found.
A future monster–if he survives the catfish, bass, birds, coons, larger turtles and snakes that all prey on baby turtles–good luck little guy!
From the Nature Center at the Academy
We have had an amazing event over the weekend–our Imperial Scorpion “Fluffy” is now a mother! Check out the photos of mama and babies below!
and another view
and a close up of a baby scorpling!
There are at least 14 babies and she may not be finished giving birth–they can have dozens of offspring! Mama will take care of them for several weeks by killing insects, ripping them into tiny pieces, and then passing the pieces back to the babies on her back–so cool! After a few weeks the babies will start turning darker and their exoskeletons will harden protecting them from drying out and giving them some protection from predators. Then they will begin to venture out on their own to begin their life as an important predator on small insects in their native habitat of the jungles of Africa. In the nature center they rely on me to feed them home grown crickets, meal worms and roaches.
I will be looking for homes for these little cuties in a couple of months when they are old enough to be adopted–anyone interested in a scorpion?
Scorpion Facts: Scorpions have been around for over 400 million years. The first scorpion-like creatures lived in the sea and were anywhere from 4 inches to 8 feet in length–now that is one big scorpion! The Imperial (aka Emperor) Scorpion is one of the largest living scorpions. They are native to tropical Africa and life in burrows on the forest floor. They have a mild venom that is produced from the stinger at the end of their tail appendage which is called a telson. Scorpion venom has a fearsome reputation, but only about 25 out of almost 1500 species are known to have venom powerful enough to kill a person. In fact, studies are being done that indicate many positive medical benefits of compounds found in scorpion venom such as possible treatments for autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis, the treatment and diagnosis of several types of cancer and anti-malarial drugs.
I will be sure to keep you updated on the scorpions, turtles, snakes and other happenings at Earthshine and at Trails.
Field update for the Earthshine Nature Programs Turtle Tracks Eastern Box Turtle Conservation project for
July 22, 2013.
We have been following Jimmy Irwin, Catherine and Mrs. Bones the Eastern Box Turtles since 2008. This year (with one unexplained exception) all three turtles continue to follow basically the same movement patterns that I have found them to follow over the last 5 years. They are all doing well and in good health. This summer has been VERY wet and atypically cool however, the turtles have not do not seem to have change their movement patterns in any way that is obvious to me. With the increased rains I believe that they have possibly had an easier time foraging for choice food items that are more available during rainy times such as slugs, snails and worms. I say this not only because I have seen many more snails and slugs this year than in previous years but also because almost every time I have located Jimmy, Catherine and Mrs. Bones this year–their faces have been covered with slug/snail juice!
On July 21st I teamed up with the Curren family of Scaly Adventures and we worked together to locate Catherine during an afternoon rain shower.
Then, Pierce Curren found a wild Black racer sunning on a bush just outside the nature center, he carefully picked it up and proceeded to teaches a group of Earthshine visitors all about it before it gave him something to remember it by (watch the video to see exactly what it gave him!)
Then, on July 22nd I located Jimmy Irwin and began using a new piece of data collection equipment–an infrared thermometer donated by good friend and ENP volunteer and supporter Jim. This instrument will allow me to take the shell temperature of each turtle (and skin temperature of each snake) while in the field. This data will be very valuable to these most important reptile conservation studies. THANK YOU JIM!
Today I also had to remove Jimmy from the wild for a couple of days so he will not be harmed when the field was mowed.
The Continued Odyssey of Mrs Bones.
Mrs. Bones, the box turtle that we have been tracking in Cedar Mountain since 2008, had an uneventful spring and summer feeding on tasty slugs, snails and insects in the grasses of her horse pasture habitat alongside the busy country road where she lives in Cedar Mountain. Unexpectedly in July I lost her radio signal. I feared the worst–that she had been hit by a car or mower due to her close proximity to the busy highway. On about the same day that I lost Mrs. Bones’ radio signal I received a call from ENP volunteer and supporter Meredith saying that she had Mrs. Bones. She had received her from a man who had claimed to have found Mrs. Bones crossing a secondary road about 2 miles away! He said she was moving with purpose and heading east–the direction of her home. He picked her up because he saw her crossing the road and wanted to move her to the other side then he noticed the transmitter on her back and wanted to see what it was. When he realized it was an electronic device he put her in his car and took her home to decide what to do with her. Later that day he met a person who knew of the Turtle Tracks box turtle study and put him in touch with Meredith. Now we have Mrs. Bones in a holding pen at Meredith’s house where she is awaiting a new transmitter so that we can get her back into the wild and continue tracking her movements.
As you can imagine I have many questions about this interesting turn of events.
1. How did Mrs. Bones end up so far outside of her normal home range?
a. (most likely). she was picked up and carried there by a person who may have wanted her as a pet and then they either placed her in an outdoor enclosure that she later escaped from or they let her go.
b. (less likely) she walked to the location where she was found on her own. This is less likely but plausible considering that female box turtles will sometimes move long distances to nest. However, after following Mrs. Bones’ and Catherine for 5 years I do not believe that walking over 2 miles is a high possibility–especially due to the danger factor of the roads in the area that she would have to cross–I do not believe that she would have survived the trek.
c. (remote possibility) a dog/coyote picked her up and carried her (highly doubtful).
2. How/why did her transmitter fail? Holohil, the company I am using for transmitters, is one of the best in the business. I nor any other researcher I have worked with has ever had an issue with any of their transmitters. However, I have to accept that it could be equipment failure–there is a first time for everything I suppose. I am just very glad someone found Mrs. Bones when they did or we may never have found her.
My ideas on what may have happened.
a. (Possible) Equipment failure due to malfunction of electronics. Possible but not probable due to excellent track record of company.
b. (Highly Possible) Equipment failure due to external influences. In some instances radio transmitters have failed due to nearby lightening strikes. We have had a very wet year with a more than the usual amount of electrical storms in the area where Mrs. Bones lives. Since she spends most of her summer days in a flat pasture near pine trees (known lightening conductors) it is plausible that lightening struck near enough to damage the sensitive radio transmitter but not to injure Mrs. Bones.
c. (Possible) Human error. I may have made a mistake and not replaced Mrs. Bones’ transmitter before its battery died. I checked my records and it seems that I noted that I did replace her transmitter with a new unit in September of 2012. However, I may have made a mistake in my record keeping and if I did I will take full responsibility for my error.
Whatever was the cause of the transmitter failure we will soon know the answer because it has been shipped back to the factory and is being examined as I write this log.
If it failed because of equipment malfunction the company will replace it free of charge. If it was my error and the battery has just died, the company will replace the battery and send it back ASAP charging me only a nominal refurbishment fee. Whatever the reason I plan to get it back on Mrs. Bones and then get her back into her habitat before the end of August.
THANK YOU to Mrs. Bones’ rescuer and to Meredith for taking such good care of Mrs. Bones while she awaits her transmitter!
I will have a video update on Mrs. Bones and the two new turtles in the Turtle Tracks project very soon.
For more information on the Turtle Tracks and Snake Tracks projects and Earthshine Nature Programs please visit us at http://www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs and online with our nature documentary video series.
I am not paid nor do I pay myself to operate ENP or to conduct my wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated program designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
If you would like to help support our mission and programs please feel free to donate using this link: http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate. Receipts available upon request. You may also donate supplies such as animal foods, medical supplies, reptile vitamins and habitat supplies. If you are interested in donating any of these items please contact us for more information on our current needs.
THANK YOU Earthshine Discovery Center and all of you who have helped to make Earthshine Nature Programs happen! Without all of you, our wildlife conservation and education mission would not be possible.
Music by The Steep Canyon Rangers used with written permission. www.steepcanyon.com
Earthshine Nature Programs is in no way affiliated or responsible for ads that may appear below this line.
Field update for the Earthshine Nature Programs Snake Tracks Timber rattlesnake conservation project for August 03, 2013.
Zoe remains in the small clearing in the forest where she has been since mid June. I found her today basking out in the open ~5 feet from the edge of the forest. I wonder if she is gravid! She was darker than I have ever seen her–I did not even believe it was her at first until I identified her distinctive markings. Take a look at the photo below–this is how Zoe looked today!
Safety note: Zoe was only about 40 feet from the parked camper. If you are the owner of this camper, please be careful when walking in the area around dusk and dawn during the summer months.
Utsanati has moved a few hundred feet west of his last location in the berry patch. We found him in a resting coil beside a large fallen tree.
What will they do next?
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation through exciting hands-on education, out-reach programs, and online with our nature videos, blog and website. We are not paid to operate ENP or to conduct wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated organization with the mission to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
THANK YOU to all of you who have donated to ENP over the years!! Without you this important work would not happen. You may also donate supplies such as animal foods, medical supplies, vitamins and habitat supplies. If you would like to support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate by visiting http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate
Visit http://www.earthshinediscovery.com to learn how you and your family, school, scout, corporate or camp group, can visit the Earthshine Discovery Center and have a wonderful fun and educational retreat!
For more information on the Snake Tracks project and Earthshine Nature Programs please visit us at www.earthshinenature.com
It is our goal at ENP to promote wildlife conservation through exciting hands-on education, outreach programs and online with our nature videos.
I am not paid to operate ENP or to conduct wildlife conservation activities. ENP is a 100% volunteer operated project designed to educate you about these greatly misunderstood and amazing animals and hopefully, to impart to you, their beauty, uniqueness and intrinsic value to a healthy Earth and healthy humans.
If you would like to help support Earthshine Nature Programs please feel free to donate using this link: http://www.earthshinenature.com/donate. Receipts available upon request. You may also donate supplies such as animal foods, medical supplies, reptile vitamins and habitat supplies. If you are interested in donating any of these items please contact us for more information on our current needs.
THANK YOU Earthshine Discovery Center and everyone who have helped make Earthshine Nature Programs happen! Without all of you our wildlife conservation and education mission would not be possible.
Visit the Earthshine Discovery Center to learn how you and your family, school, scout, corporate or camp group, can visit us and have a wonderful, fun and educational retreat! www.earthshinediscovery.com
Music by The Steep Canyon Rangers used with written permission. www.steepcanyon.com
Earthshine Nature Programs is in no way affiliated or responsible for ads that may appear below this line.
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