Track Turtles with The Bruce Museum This Summer

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The Bruce Museum wants the people of Greenwich to become “Citizen
Scientists” and help them track turtles like this one in Binney Park.

“This is a program that allows people to make observations about wild
turtles and help out with a statewide data base,” said program director
Tim Walsh.

Once enrolled as a scientist, you can track turtles online or on a
smartphone app.

“And then you can add a short description of what it was doing and how
many you saw, and it automatically gets uploaded with the photos to
the website,’ said Walsh.

There are 12 native turtle species in Connecticut.

“They range from ones that are 4 inches tall, and they can get as big
as the leatherback sea turtle which can be as big as eight feet and 2,000
pounds,” said Walsh.

And 335 different species worldwide. Tim Walsh of the Bruce Museum
says that 58 percent of all turtles are either vulnerable, threatened or
endangered.

“So this is not only a science project, but also an awareness campaign to
get people thinking about the unassuming turtle in their backyard,” said
Walsh.

Anyone interested in becoming a “Citizen Scientist” can contact Walsh
at twalsh@brucemuseum.org.

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