{"id":30540,"date":"2022-01-06T12:18:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=30540"},"modified":"2022-01-06T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:27:23","slug":"turtle-tias-have-helped-140-hatchlings-get-to-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/turtle-tias-have-helped-140-hatchlings-get-to-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Turtle Tias have helped 140 hatchlings get to safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why did the turtle cross the road?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without Aurora\u2019s Turtle Tias, you might have to go a bit further afield to get an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Turtle Tias, a five-member group of volunteers Pipette Eibel, Wendy Kenyon, Flo Leava, Rebecca Prins, and Marcella Sauceda, dedicated to protecting turtle nests and their resulting hatchlings throughout Aurora, was recognized by the Town with the 2021 Green Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the Town\u2019s Community Recognition Awards program, the Green Award is presented to an individual or organization that supports the \u201cprotection, preservation, sustainability, or conservation\u201d of the natural environment \u2013 while celebrating \u201cthose who share the Town\u2019s commitment to creating a greener community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Turtle Tias have worked countless hours ensuring the snapping turtle and the painted turtle populations are safe and preserved,\u201d said Mayor Mrakas in his virtual presentation of the award. \u201cThe group identified that the survival of these turtles is critical in ensuring sustainable wetlands here in Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe group has placed 30 nesting cages along Henderson Drive and an additional nine others along the trail system in the Aurora Community Arboretum. The purpose of these nesting cages is to protect the adult female turtles, their eggs, and their eventual hatchlings from the danger of predators and other harmful elements. Rain or shine [they] are out to monitor these nesting cages to ensure they have not been disturbed by predators. Once the hatchlings arrive, the Tias are there to give them a head-start on life by directing them to the nearest wetlands and away from busy streets. The turtles don\u2019t reach maturity until they are 15 [and] that means 15 years of avoiding hazards before they can lay eggs of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe safety of these hatchlings and adult turtles is critical to sustain the population. It has been identified to take nearly 60 years and 1,500 eggs to replace a single female adult. Recently, the group was able to lead the successful release of 140 turtle hatchlings, which has and will continue to make a significant impact in the environmental wellbeing of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The five Tias accepted the award while outlining their work, with Pipette emphasizing their \u201cmonitoring, protection, data collection and community involvement\u201d while Marcella extolled the importance of nesting cages to protect the clutch of eggs from predation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the last two years, we have protected 45 nests and saved over 400 hatchlings,\u201d said Wendy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Added Rebecca: \u201cTurtles are an integral part of our wetlands. Please help us in our efforts to protect the turtles of Aurora.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Brock Weir<\/strong><br \/><em>Editor<br \/>Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30540&amp;t=Turtle%20Tias%20have%20helped%20140%20hatchlings%20get%20to%20safety&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30540&amp;p[images][0]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F01%2F2022-01-06-07.jpg&amp;p[title]=Turtle%20Tias%20have%20helped%20140%20hatchlings%20get%20to%20safety\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30540&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Turtle%20Tias%20have%20helped%20140%20hatchlings%20get%20to%20safety&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30540\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did the turtle cross the road? Without Aurora\u2019s Turtle Tias, you might have to go a bit further afield to get an answer. The Turtle Tias, a five-member group of volunteers Pipette Eibel, Wendy Kenyon, Flo Leava, Rebecca Prins, and Marcella Sauceda, dedicated to protecting turtle nests and their resulting hatchlings throughout Aurora, was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06-07.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-7WA","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-21 05:13:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}