I just got back. I did find 8 garters. 3 of them are babies. I found two gorgeous male orange stripers too.

The entire population is in immediate danger. The bulldozers were hard at work as I was collecting snakes. As I was saying before, I've already seen the plans for that property. It will be a commercial center and parking, leaving no empty space. There will be no habitat left and there is no adjacent habitat for them to flee to.

Evergreen airport is the location:

Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southwestern Washington State

Arial view of the area:

The green patch you see with the airplane symbol is the patch of land where the snakes are found. They are absent from the rest of the empty space. All of the empty space will be developed, including the green patch. All adjacent empty lots are unsuitable and already "for sale" or "for lease". Where would you suggest the snakes go? Immediate danger? I think so.



I do agree that I shouldn't release them to another population but at the same time I saw an opportunity and felt compelled to do something.

Now, I have 8 northwestern garters that I'm sure would have been dead by years end and certainly wouldn't have any suitable place to live next spring.

I don't want to keep them or release them. Anyone willing to pay shipping for freshly WC northwesterns can have them. Please make it fast if you want them. I don't have room and I'll be keeping them in shoebox tubs for the time being.