If this has been covered before please point me in the direction, I've done a search but failed to find anything regarding the info I am looking for. If there's any websites you guys know of that I may not have found showing plans/examples of outdoor semiaquatic turtle enclosures please let me know about those as well.

I have a group of eight NA woods that I am building an outdoor enclosure for. What I'd like to know, from those of you who are sucessful with them is the following, what kind of barriers are you using around the enclosure? How much water (percentage of enclosure)? Do you run a filtration system i.e. koi pond style or do you just have a still pond for them? Plants that you have found to do well as cover for them?

Being in GA I plan to overwinter the guys outside similar to the way my friend does his box colony, do any of you provide outdoor hibernaculum for yours or do you bring them inside? Any and all help/tips/advice/concerns are welcome and appreciated. Also any photos of your enclosures would be great. I have kept several species Malaclemys, Pelusios, Sternotherus, and some other odds and ends before but have always kept them inside in stock tanks. I'd would rather have these guys outside so my children and I can see them in a more naturalistic way and perhaps see some more natural behaviors as well. Thanks and sorry to be so long winded.

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