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Back in June of 2017, Beverly Kazickas, who is passionately involved with the Nature Conservancy, advocated to add regulatory requirements to modify crab traps so that New York's diamondback terrapins don't drown trapped in them.
Recently, Carl Lobue, Senior Marine Scientist for the Nature Conservancy on Long Island, announced that Commissioner of Department of Environmental Conservation signed off on the certificate of adaption of the regulatory requirements for terrapin excluders in crab traps.
It's a small victory in environmental protection and big one for Long Island's Terrapins.
With the Kazickas Family Foundation's help thousands of excluders had been purchased already.
Here Mr. Lobue excitedly shares the news and gratitude:
"As I think you all know, not too long ago (although it sometimes seems that way), we leaped on chance to make significant strides in protecting, and ultimately rebuilding populations of one of New York’s most unique critters, our only brackish water turtle, the diamond back terrapin, which besides being super charismatic, is an ecologically important component of NY saltmarshes.