The next meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society will be June 12th, at the Benjamin Banneker Museum in Oella, MD, outside of Catonsville. Chris Swarth, director of the Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary, will be discussing "Wanderers and Stay-at-Homes: Radio-tracking Box Turtles at Jug Bay". This study has been on-going for several years and involves dozens of native turtles at the sanctuary, and I believe some of the data is very surprising.
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Social Gathering
7:00 - 7:30 p.m. Announcements
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Speaker Program
Prior to the speaker program, there is a social hour filled with tantalizing desserts, and the opportunity to browse our sale table, educational displays and animal showing area (Show and Shell).
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.
Katrina Smith
http://www.matts-turtles.org
