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Consumer’s energy helps save Michigan’s turtles

Consumer’s energy helps save Michigan’s turtles

by Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 18, 2024

“As the Michigan’s turtles grow, they start out having a lot of small eggs, but as they mature, they have fewer but larger eggs,” says David Mifsud a wetland scientists working with Consumers Energy.

David is giving a group a hands-on lesson about the importance of turtles in our ecosystem. He is part of a team working with Consumer’s Energy to protect and manage wetland wildlife along the path of Consumer’s Energy construction projects.

The efforts can sometimes take multiple years, but the results are impressive. David says they have saved a lot of wildlife. “6,000 amphibians and reptiles were saved from the project corridor.”

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