Given Stafford Township is partly a tidal marsh ecosystem on the bay, the title of official reptile befits the diamondback terrapin, a keystone species and the subject of decades of study and conservation through the volunteer education initiative Project Terrapin, a program led by John Wnek at the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science in Manahawkin.
At the May 10 council meeting, the governing body had adopted Resolution 2022-204, making the diamondback terrapin the official…
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