The Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise Society will be holding a regular meeting, Saturday, March 12th.



6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Social Gathering



7:00 - 7:30 p.m. Announcements



7:30 - 8:30 p.m. “Turtles versus Ducks: Effects of a Wetland Drawdown on Aquatic Turtles” by Tina Walther, graduate student in conservation biology at Towson University



Tina Walther discusses her study of the effects of wetland draining on the movement of the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta. Tina conducted this work at the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge in Laurel, Maryland.



Prior to the speaker program there is a social hour with the opportunity to browse our sale table, educational displays and animal showing area ("Show and Shell". There are no live animal sales at the meeting.



All meeting are held from 6 - 8:30 p.m at the beautiful Banneker Museum in Oella, Maryland.



Directions to Banneker:



From Baltimore... take I-695 to exit 15 Rte 40 and go west towards Ellicott City; go 1 mile; turn left at the traffic light onto Rolling Road; at second traffic light turn right onto Old Frederick Road; go 1.3 miles and turn right onto Oella Avenue (Banneker sign on corner); go 0.2 mile to park entrance on the left. Park in front of building and enter through main entrance.





From Washington DC... take I-95 north towards Baltimore; take exit 49 on the left to I-695 towards Towson; take exit 13, Rte 144 (Frederick Road) west towards Catonsville; go 2.7 miles, passing five traffic lights and turn right onto Oella Avenue (Banneker sign on corner); go 0.4 mile to park entrance on left. Park in front of building and enter through main entrance.



For more information, visit www.matts-turtles.org



Katrina

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