.​Dedicated to the conservation and care of turtles and tortoises.

Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise Society

Three meetings per year, featuring social hour and guest speakers


Rescue and adoption program


Subscription to MATTS newsletter, Terrapin Tales


​Free classifieds in newsletter


Educational Outreach program


Field Trips


Husbandry advice


Access to numerous experts in the fields of chelonian husbandry and medicine


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Membership Options

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Benefits of membership​​

Annual Membership in MATTS

Nothing beats that great feeling you get from knowing that you've helped to promote the study and conservation of our beautiful turtles and tortoises through your membership or donation!

Annual Membership categories
Regular - $25/yr.       Family - $40/yr.      Non-profit org. - $40/yr.     Contributing -  $50/yr. 
                                                                                                                  

Join or renew your membership by mail,

        
 

​OR join/renew online through Paypal.  Please note that your Paypal subscription will renew
automatically unless you turn off the auto-renewal option.


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Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society is a 501(c)(3) organization which means that your membership fees and donations are tax-deductible. 

Dedicated exclusively to turtles and tortoises, we are an all-volunteer organization directed by concerned hobbyists and professionals who saw a need to reach out to the public and improve the conditions under which captive chelonians are kept and try to protect local species and their habitats.


While there are other respected herpetological organizations in the area, ours is the only one dedicated exclusively to turtles and tortoises. Most members are in the Baltimore-Washington-Northern VA area, but more than twenty states are now represented by MATTS members.  We offer an adoptions program licensed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to find new homes for unwanted and/or unreleasable pet native turtles. The adoptions program is funded strictly by donation without grants or reimbursements from Maryland DNR or other government sources.


What We Do