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Volume 55, Number 3 ALGONQUIN PARK IS BLACK BEAR COUNTRY “Maddie” the Map Turtle Vol. 55, No. 3 • August 1, 2014 For most Park visitors, seeing a by Patrick Moldowan Black Bear in its natural environment BIG news from the Turtle Lab! Over the to a Painted Turtle. Not wasting any time, she The is an exciting experience. However, 43 years of the Algonquin Turtle Project there dove off her log and headed for deep water. the excitement diminishes when that have been a lot of firsts. Each and every year Turtle Researchers followed close and after Black Bear is rummaging through brings something new to discover and the 2014 much splashing, hollering, and excitement your cooler or tent, searching for food. field season is no exception. We are ecstatic “Maddie” the Map Turtle was in hand! As visitors camping in bear country, to announce the first capture of a Northern As the first of her kind on the west side of aven you have a responsibility to follow Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) in Algonquin Park, Maddie has a lot to teach us. A Natural and Cultural History Digest Algonquin Provincial Park! the bear rules and to know what to There is still a lot of speculation about this Reports of a Map Turtle in Algonquin turtle’s past. Where did she come from? Is this do if you encounter a bear. first circulated during the summer of 2012 R a case of range expansion, natural dispersal when Park Naturalist Justin Peter snapped into new habitat, or relocation by humans? a photo of an individual basking in the We look forward to following up with Maddie Think inside the lodge by David LeGros Madawaska River, near Lake of Two Rivers. in the years ahead, probably on her favourite Another Map Turtle observation followed basking log once When we think of the beaver many thoughts explore the creature that lives on the beaver, ETER FERGUSON P from Ontario Parks staff Jeremy Inglis, this again. come to mind: an industrious creature; half we need to know why it can be a habitat – the one far removed on the east side of in, half out of the water; busily cutting trees; forest of fur! Rules in Bear Country Algonquin Park in the Bonnechere collecting and piling branches and mud to The beaver’s fur is quite extraordinary watershed (where the species is build a dam. As expert engineers, a family – the rich reddish-brown outer fur has long Each year, Park staff spend hundreds of hours dealing with problem bears known to occur outside of the Park’s of beavers can quickly build a dam, block guard hairs to help keep the animal warm, – help our staff by following the rules when camping in bear country. boundaries). During nesting surveys this a stream and create a small lake where they but it is the fur you don’t see that is the most year, something unusual caught the eye of will build their lodge and raise a family. If we important. The extremely dense underfur acts 1 Never feed or approach bears 3 Keep your campsite clean The Black Bear is an intelligent animal, with In campgrounds, reduce the availability of Turtle Project Field Leader Matt Keevil. take a step back, one can see that the beaver’s as a water-proof barrier, keeping the beaver the ability to remember food locations and can garbage, and consequently garbage odours, The Map Turtle was back and perched on activities are to serve itself, but are essential warm and dry while it swims. This amazing fur quickly become accustomed to human sources by depositing your sealed bags of garbage daily what looked like the very same log it was to a wide range of other creatures that rely on coat, so important to the beaver, soon attracted of food. People who feed bears create problems in the bear-proof waste containers. Clean your first photographed on two years prior! the pond that it creates and maintains. This is the attention of humans in the form of trapping for everyone. picnic table and barbecue after every use, and The next day was sunny and brought a classic lesson in ecology, one species that (see side bar). Trappers had nearly wiped them clean up any spilled grease. great prospects for basking turtles and the many others rely on: a key-stone species.It out and few beaver remained on the land. 2 Store food out of reach of bears When camping in the back country, burn any capture of the elusive Algonquin Map Turtle. is easy for us to understand the habitats that Beavers have since made an unprecedented In campgrounds and picnic areas, store all food food scraps and fat drippings thoroughly in a hot The Turtle Research Crew launched a canoe beavers create and how wildlife use these, but comeback across North America, and anyone (including pet food) inside the closed trunk of fire. Any remaining garbage should be placed equipped with landing nets, wetsuit, flippers, can the beaver itself be a habitat? At least one canoeing through Algonquin’s wilderness will your vehicle, if possible. Do not store food, in your litter bag and suspended along with the and pure determination. We started upstream, creature has thought “outside of the box” and invariably have to portage around or carry cooking utensils or fragrant items, such as food. To eliminate food odours, dishes should be winding downriver with the hopes of catching gone inside the lodge. However, before we can their canoe over one (or possibly dozens!) of soap, toothpaste, or shaving cream in your tent. washed immediately after each meal (preferably the turtle by surprise with researchers Steven When camping in the backcountry, put well away from your campsite). Kell and Patrick Moldowan by canoe and all food in a pack and hang it well off the Charges can be laid for leaving Matt Keevil snorkeling stealthily. Finally, ground – at least four metres off the ground the Map Turtle was in sight! She was once and two metres away from the tree trunk – and out items which may serve as again basking on her favourite old log, next “Maddie” the Northern Map Turtle in Algonquin Park away from the vicinity of your tent. attractants to any wildlife. PHOTO: PATRICK MOLDOWAN BEAR SPRAY is pepper spray with a strength, and a propel lant, specifically The Visitor Centre offers FREE WiFi internet access formulated to deter bears when it is sprayed in their eyes. Know how to properly use, …and while there, don’t forget to check out The Friends of Algonquin Park store, and carry this product (available from many outfitters). Keep in mind that bear Bookstore and Nature Shop, or the Sunday Creek Café. spray is no replacement for appropriate conduct in the outdoors. algonquinpark.on.ca MNR# 4575 4.5K P.R. 08 01 14 ISSN 0701-6972 (print) ISSN 1927-8624 (online) © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2014 F.J.PARENT beaver dams. The beaver’s recovery is even eyes. All told it is somewhat reminiscent of instinctively know to find a beaver and begin important refuges for many kinds of wildlife, more impressive in that it is now possible to a small, amber-coloured cockroach. But how feeding. The larvae, once fully matured, but we don’t often think of what is happening Algonquin Park 2014 Loon Survey see beavers and their signs in urban centres. does it make a living on the beaver? leave the comfort of the beaver for the inner inside the lodge, and that The haunting calls of the Common Loon Loon Reproduction But long before humans had any interest in It is a parasite, living only on beavers. workings of the lodge. But unlike where the beaver itself is a symbolize Algonquin’s wild country for many in Algonquin Park Since 1981 beaver pelts, a very special little creature had Now you are probably thinking: insects the eggs were laid, the larvae head for the habitat! people. Nearly every small lake has a breeding # of lakes % with its eyes on our eventual national emblem. No, breathe air, so how is the Beaver Beetle ceiling of the lodge, and undergo a drastic pair and there are multiple pairs on the larger Year surveyed nest/young wait, it doesn’t have eyes. living on a creature that spends much of its change known as metamorphosis, in the lakes. Unfortunately, there are environmental 1981 121 38 Beetles are among the most diverse group time underwater? True, the beaver’s habitat is mud and sticks. Metamorphosis takes up to threats to loons throughout their range that could 1982 184 28 of living creatures on the planet, with over aquatic, but the Beaver Beetle’s habitat is a 11 days, and once emerged, the young beetles potentially affect numbers here in the Park. These 1983 237 21 340,000 known species. It has been said beaver! Remember that dense underfur of the head right back to the beaver. include reduced reproductive success caused “The Regent” style 1984 298 34 that there is no organic material, animal or beaver? The skin underneath the hair does not Most insects have a strategy to reduce food Beaver Felt Hat, circa 1825 by acid precipitation, and loons dying during vegetable, that is spared from the chewing get cold and wet when the beaver dives, and competition between parents and offspring migration due to avian botulism. 1985 210 37 mouthparts of beetles. As a rule, most beetles the beetle makes its living here! – the larvae feed on different foods than the Beaver Felt Hats 1986 216 35 are pretty innocuous, although a few are It feeds on the fatty skin secretions and adults, but the Beaver Beetle is an exception The beaver was central to the 1987 261 43 pests of crops, trees and stored foods.
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