Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey’s projects often sprout from compassion for a species in need. One of those species is the northern diamondback terrapin, which is often spotted locally on salt marsh-adjacent Great Bay Boulevard in Little Egg Harbor Township – where roadkill risk has traditionally been very high.

As CWF Habitat Program Manager Ben Wurst explained in a blog post earlier this month, the nonprofit began to focus on terrapins along Great Bay Boulevard (also known as Seven…