@guardianfeeds this is horrible. #Minns turned off the water without any warning to protect some land owner which no one wants to name. #ecodisaster #conservation #wetlands #turtles

Turtles on a log

#turtles

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands

"...The sudden cessation of flows by WaterNSW had resulted in the deaths of many native animals that relied on the wetlands to survive." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/incomprehensible-birds-flee-and-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-after-government-cuts-water-to-nsw-wetlands

#Moree cotton >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/search?query=moree%20cotton

#water #wetlands #ecosystems #biodiversity #NSW #Ramsar #wildlife #turtles #birds #Moree #GwydirWetlands #governance #EnvironmentalFlows

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands

Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say

The Guardian

Turtles on a log

#turtles

Banda Aceh, #Indonesia

An olive ridley sea turtle hatchling is released at a beach.

Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images

#photography
#conservation
#turtles

Mt bike rail trail ride, since the gravel bike is still in parts waiting for parts and the mtb trails are closed a bit longer to dry out. Saw a LOT of turtles!
#BikeTooter #turtles