Lafarge helps reconstruct turtle nesting beach

Allison Kral Published Nov 30, 2015

Lafarge Canada, along with Coastal Painted Turtle Project (CPTP) team members, reconstructed the turtle nesting beach at Burnaby Lake Park in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Together, the groups hope to sustain the population of western painted turtles, which are listed as endangered federally and red-listed provincially. They are also the only remaining native freshwater turtles in British Columbia.

“Lafarge has been supporting the CPTP for a number of years, helping with projects on the Sunshine Coast and South Coast of [British Columbia],” says Deanna MacTavish, CPTP leader. “We are very grateful that Lafarge donates nesting beach sand, transports it and provides volunteers to help place it at breeding sites.”

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Allison Kral is the former senior digital media manager for North Coast Media (NCM). She completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio University where she received a Bachelor of Science in magazine journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. She works across a number of digital platforms, which include creating e-newsletters, writing articles and posting across social media sites. She also creates content for NCM's Portable Plants magazine, GPS World magazine and Geospatial Solutions. Her understanding of the ever-changing digital media world allows her to quickly grasp what a target audience desires and create content that is appealing and relevant for any client across any platform.