Event

2024 Lunch & Learn Series: Totally Turtles!

Congaree National Park

Fee:

Free.

Location:

Harry Hampton Visitor Center Auditorium

Dates & Times

Date:

Friday, March 29, 2024

Time:

12:30 PM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Talk

Description

Come scute into the weekend with us and learn about some of our park shell-ebrity's! The March edition of the 2024 Congaree Lunch & Learn series will feature researchers from Virginia Tech University who will be talking about the work they have been doing over the past month conducting a survey of turtle species here in the park. Join us as they talk about the different species of turtles that can be found in the park and what information they have gathered during their time working at Congaree. Feel free to bring your lunch along. No registration for this program is required, and there is no fee, so you won't need to shell out a lot of money. 

Reservation or Registration: No

Image Gallery

Turtle with dark shell and yellowish marking, head out of its shell walking through grass.
Turtle with dark shell and yellowish marking, head out of its shell walking through grass.
The Eastern Box Turtle is one of the more common species of turtles seen in Congaree National Park. This semi-aquatic species gets its name from the hinged flap on the bottom of its shell that can close, offering better protection against predators.
NPS Photo
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