The Cranbrook area's population of Western Painted Turtles is out and about. In the spring, when the water reaches 15–18 degrees Celsius (59–64 degrees Fahrenheit), the turtles begin actively foraging, after their winter's hibernation buried at the bottom of the lake.
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