KALISPELL, Mont. — Kalispell Parks and Recreation officials announced due to warm weather and poor ice conditions on the Woodland Park pond, it is now closed for the season out of public safety ...

SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists (WDFW) are preparing more than 35 Western Pond turtles for release in the wild. As part of the Western ...

I decided to explore the critters that live in the ponds at Woodland Dunes. In between programming and other duties, I tried to visit the pond at least five times throughout the summer and ...

The class of 2024’s western pond turtles at Woodland Park Zoo have a final goal to reach before they can graduate for release to the wild: be big and healthy enough to escape the mouths of ...

The turtles were once harvested and other predators, including invasive bullfrogs, led to the decline of the western pond turtle. In 1991, WDFW and the Woodland Park Zoo came together to form the ...