Supported by State Wildlife Grants through the Competitive SWG and Regional Conservation Needs (RCN) Programs.
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Conservation Plan for the Wood Turtle in the Northeastern United States represents the cumulative product of a multi-year, proactive effort among Northeastern State Wildlife Agencies, and their partners, to articulate a strategic action plan to protect regionally significant populations of Wood Turtles in the northeastern United States. The fundamental objective of this Plan is to protect the evolutionary potential of the Wood Turtle by ensuring the persistence of functional, ecologically viable, and regionally significant populations throughout the Northeast Region. To accomplish this objective, and to effectively triage conservation efforts, we developed a spatially-explicit, stratified Wood Turtle Conservation Area Network based on the best available population, landscape, and genetic data. Ultimately—in order to achieve meaningful conservation of this unusual and iconic species--it will be necessary to stabilize and reverse population declines within this Conservation Area Network and elsewhere throughout the species range.
Recommended citation: Jones, M.T., H.P. Roberts, and L.L. Willey. 2018. Conservation Plan for the Wood Turtle in the Northeastern United States. Report to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 259 pp.
Documents and Field FORMS |
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Appendices to the Conservation Plan
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I. Habitat Management Guidelines |
II. Habitat Management Brochure |
III. 2016 Symposium Abstracts |
IV. 2016 Expert Survey Report |
V. Population Assessment Protocol |
VI. Tissue/Blood Collection Protocol |
VII. Ecology of the Wood Turtle |
VIII. Wood Turtle Bibliography |
IX. Poaching Awareness Card |
X. Site Mapping Guidelines |
XI. Regulatory Status in the Northeast |
XII. Environmental Review |
XIII. Wood Turtle Council Bylaws |
XIV. Genetics Appendices |
Partners
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