Another snake den being destroyed

[Floof]

Poor snakes!! It's a good thing you're there to at least save some... Good luck on your next trip!

WOW, Northwesterns really do have incredible variation, don't they? I used to live on the coast of Washington, in the northern Willapa Bay/Valley area. Pretty sure the only garters native to the area are Northwesterns, and they ranged from very yellow, to very brown (much like the younger, duller snakes in your picture), to very dark, to "silvery" and even patternless powder-blue! (Yeah--I'm still really PO'ed at my brother for NOT catching those last two for me, lol!!!)

[Steven51587]

Still For sale i would pay cash tomorrow?? i Live in renton and i am willing to drive. My cell is 425-319-6050

[Snakeknot]

I'd take some IF I had anymore space! I'm all full up for snakes! Its a shame too as Bogo and Ruby have been so good to me that I now have a soft spot for garters of any persuasion.

My father was a wildlife conservationist before he retired. He'd be all up in arms about this if it happened close to him!

Wish you luck! Maybe they'll fail the perk tests OR SOMETHING and won't be able to continue.

Devon

[Snakeknot]

Have you tried contacting your local Fish & Wildlife Com.? Dens are USUALLY protected.

Devon

[ssssnakeluvr]

Have you tried contacting your local Fish & Wildlife Com.? Dens are USUALLY protected.

Devon

yea....right....... a friend at the reptile rescue and I met up with a wildlife officer here in Utah at a den site here thats being destroyed..... he didn't believe us.... did nothing to protect the den dens are protected by law here, but this is a garter snake den....they didnt do a darn thing. it's not a high profile thing like a rattlesnake den so they won't save it. I happened to see one lone male this last spring.

[guidofatherof5]

yea....right....... a friend at the reptile rescue and I met up with a wildlife officer here in Utah at a den site here thats being destroyed..... he didn't believe us.... did nothing to protect the den dens are protected by law here, but this is a garter snake den....they didnt do a darn thing. it's not a high profile thing like a rattlesnake den so they won't save it. I happened to see one lone male this last spring.

As if life isn't hard enough for garter snakes then we have creatures with superior intelligence and abilities refusing to help them.
Even in fields dedicated to the conservation of wildlife garter snakes are deemed not worth saving in most cases.
I'm embarrassed to be a human sometimes, many times.

[ssssnakeluvr]

i'm embarrassed to be a human sometimes, many times.

me too!!!!

[Tyrel26]

what was the final count on the snakes you managed to save from this area?

[ConcinusMan]

Only 7. The weather took a turn for the worse and stayed that way. I wasn't able to make it out there again. All 7 are doing well. One is still with me.

[Tyrel26]

is the site completely destroyed now?