Protectors ‘marvel’ at turtles laying eggs in Toronto parks [Video]

Talking about climate change can be unsettling. Some of its challenges seem almost too big to comprehend. But there are things that can have a real impact. And climate “action” doesn’t always look like you think it might. In a limited series, the Star profiles Torontonians making grassroots contributions in their communities.

Carolynne Crawley has always seen the land as a relative, something she respects as she would any living thing.

Jenny Davis (left) and Carolynne Crawley (right) stand between the water and a patch of severed Buckthorn. The city cleared the patch after data from Turtle Protectors showed the Buckthorn significantly affected newborn turtle’s ability to reach the water.

Nick Lachance

A trail of hatchlings makes their way from the nest. Turtles tend to go back to the nesting areas where they emerge from — sometimes literally within a foot or two of the same spot — if they make it …

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