Hatchling's Journey

by Kristin Domm

In 1953 Nova Scotia zoologist Sherman Bleakney made a surprising discovery. He found a female Blanding's turtle living near Kejimkujik Lake. Until then, scientists did not know that the freshwater Blanding's turtles lived in Nova Scotia. In 1990, this small population of Blanding's turtles in southwestern Nova Scotia became a protected species and three years later was designated a threatened species.

Set in Nova Scotia's Kejimkujik National...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155109438X
• ISBN13: 9781551094380
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7