Tom Plasket and Bill Cooper, of GAs Physical Plant, were in the Preserve at the start of the school year working on some of the signage in the area, when they saw the ground move! They had uncovered a snapping turtle habitat able to flourish in the area of the Preserve. Snapping turtles travel up to a mile away from the water to find a soft nesting place. When the young are born, their instincts lead them back to the water. Plasket and Cooper found these little guys, only a few hundred feet from the swale built last year to redirect water in the Preserve. Lower School science teacher Lisa Martin commented, "It's not surprising. They are almost entirely aquatic and love slow-moving water with a soft muddy bottom. So our pond in the Preserve is perfect. And the Preserve is teaming with their favorite foods: plants, insects, spiders, worms, fish, frogs."
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