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*Following are three messages in chronological order from Penny Barrett
Hornsby. **If you can help, contact her: **pbh4935@gmail.com*
<mailto:pbh4935@gmail.com>
5/1/08
I work for the City of Missouri City (Texas).
I found out yesterday that the developer/ contractor who is converting
the Willowisp Golf Course into a business park will be draining and
filling in many of the site's 14 lakes.
No plan had been made to relocate the hundreds of turtles and fish from
these lakes; which would mean that the contractor will be backfilling
over the fish and turtles, burying them alive.
I am heading up an effort to relocate the turtles.
I have been given 2 weeks.
I will need help with making the traps - which would entail making a
tube of chicken wire, closing off one end and turning in the other end
so that once they are in, they cannot get out.
I will be able to guide anyone that needs assistance with this task.
I will need as many volunteers as possible for the scheduled move dates
(TBD).
I will be surveying the site today to see what it will take to get as
many out as possible.
Once I have established all of the details, I will have several move
dates (possibly relocating a small group each day and then having two
big move days on the weekends).
If anyone knows of any group or organization that that specializes in
this sort of thing, knows a volunteer group that might be interested,
or
can volunteer time for the relocation, I would greatly appreciate it.
The more volunteers we have, the more turtles we can save.
Also, I am not equipped to do anything about the fish.
Please feel free to offer suggestions or to direct me to someone that
might be able to help.
Thank you.
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On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Penny Barrett Hornsby
<pbh4935@gmail.com <mailto:pbh4935@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello everyone. I just wanted to thank all of you not just for your
offers of help but for broadcasting the message to others. I have
received a great deal of interest as well as suggestions.
This morning, thanks to Patrick Winkler who saw the message on the
bulletin board at vegan meetup, we were able to make 16 large traps. I
will be going on Monday morning to bait them and place them
strategically in the eastern portion of the site as this is the area
that is being built up. We surveyed on Thursday and decided that
placing
the traps and checking them often throughout the day would be the most
effective way of getting as many turtles out as possible. We are moving
them to waterways that are on the other side of the fence so that we
have a convenient drop off area but the possibility of their return is
diminished.
If you put "willowisp golf course, missouri city, texas" into google
maps and hit the satelite button, you will get an idea of how much
water
there is on this site. You can also see that there are water ways on
two
sides - the east and the south. These are the relocation areas. I will
be able to give a lot more information including more details for
individuals to help once I have placed the traps and checked on them.
There are people out there with a lot more experience with this sort of
thing than me so if you have suggestions, ideas or anything you think
might be helpful, please do not hesitate to email.
Again, thank you so much for your help with this. I feel so blessed to
be surrounded by people who care so much.
Penny
+++++++++++\
5/4/08
Today, my fellow coworker, Ralph, and I placed about 13 traps in the
area. Animal control went out this morning and assessed the fish
situation. The AC worker is awesome, having already called contacts in
the Bay Area who will take the more aggressive alligator turtles,
should we find any. She is also very keen on getting the fish out. Guys
in our public works streets department went out today but will go and
check the traps tomorrow.
Ralph and I will be GPS-ing the traps tomorrow so that we can put them
on a map. I have most of them tethered by rope to a tree, rock or
whatever was nearby.
I will update tomorrow.
Thanks so much for all your interest and help.
Penny.
*Following are three messages in chronological order from Penny Barrett
Hornsby. **If you can help, contact her: **pbh4935@gmail.com*
<mailto:pbh4935@gmail.com>
5/1/08
I work for the City of Missouri City (Texas).
I found out yesterday that the developer/ contractor who is converting
the Willowisp Golf Course into a business park will be draining and
filling in many of the site's 14 lakes.
No plan had been made to relocate the hundreds of turtles and fish from
these lakes; which would mean that the contractor will be backfilling
over the fish and turtles, burying them alive.
I am heading up an effort to relocate the turtles.
I have been given 2 weeks.
I will need help with making the traps - which would entail making a
tube of chicken wire, closing off one end and turning in the other end
so that once they are in, they cannot get out.
I will be able to guide anyone that needs assistance with this task.
I will need as many volunteers as possible for the scheduled move dates
(TBD).
I will be surveying the site today to see what it will take to get as
many out as possible.
Once I have established all of the details, I will have several move
dates (possibly relocating a small group each day and then having two
big move days on the weekends).
If anyone knows of any group or organization that that specializes in
this sort of thing, knows a volunteer group that might be interested,
or
can volunteer time for the relocation, I would greatly appreciate it.
The more volunteers we have, the more turtles we can save.
Also, I am not equipped to do anything about the fish.
Please feel free to offer suggestions or to direct me to someone that
might be able to help.
Thank you.
==============
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Penny Barrett Hornsby
<pbh4935@gmail.com <mailto:pbh4935@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello everyone. I just wanted to thank all of you not just for your
offers of help but for broadcasting the message to others. I have
received a great deal of interest as well as suggestions.
This morning, thanks to Patrick Winkler who saw the message on the
bulletin board at vegan meetup, we were able to make 16 large traps. I
will be going on Monday morning to bait them and place them
strategically in the eastern portion of the site as this is the area
that is being built up. We surveyed on Thursday and decided that
placing
the traps and checking them often throughout the day would be the most
effective way of getting as many turtles out as possible. We are moving
them to waterways that are on the other side of the fence so that we
have a convenient drop off area but the possibility of their return is
diminished.
If you put "willowisp golf course, missouri city, texas" into google
maps and hit the satelite button, you will get an idea of how much
water
there is on this site. You can also see that there are water ways on
two
sides - the east and the south. These are the relocation areas. I will
be able to give a lot more information including more details for
individuals to help once I have placed the traps and checked on them.
There are people out there with a lot more experience with this sort of
thing than me so if you have suggestions, ideas or anything you think
might be helpful, please do not hesitate to email.
Again, thank you so much for your help with this. I feel so blessed to
be surrounded by people who care so much.
Penny
+++++++++++\
5/4/08
Today, my fellow coworker, Ralph, and I placed about 13 traps in the
area. Animal control went out this morning and assessed the fish
situation. The AC worker is awesome, having already called contacts in
the Bay Area who will take the more aggressive alligator turtles,
should we find any. She is also very keen on getting the fish out. Guys
in our public works streets department went out today but will go and
check the traps tomorrow.
Ralph and I will be GPS-ing the traps tomorrow so that we can put them
on a map. I have most of them tethered by rope to a tree, rock or
whatever was nearby.
I will update tomorrow.
Thanks so much for all your interest and help.
Penny.
Allen Salzberg
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