Status assessment and Conservation Plan
​for the eastern box turtle

Although widespread and still relatively common throughout much of its range, the Eastern Box Turtle has experienced dramatic declines in recent decades. The overarching goal of this project is to develop a status assessment and conservation plan for the eastern box turtle in the northeastern United States (West Virginia to Maine). Products resulting form this project will include (1) a standardized monitoring protocol, (2) a status assessment for the northeastern U.S., (3) a conservation area network representing conservation priorities for the species, and (4) a set of Best Management Practices (BMPs). This effort is funded by the Regional Conservation Needs Grant Program.

Regional Population Monitoring Protocol

Population Monitoring Protocol

General Survey Forms

pLOT-BASED SURVEY FORM

feATURE-BASED SURVEY FORM

iNDIVIDUAL tURTLE fORM

large individual form

Data entry Spreadsheet

Tutorials

DELINEATIng sites and plots

Conducting Surveys

PROCESSING turtles

sURVEY OPTIONS

Volunteer Documents

Volunteers are a very important and valued part of this project! If you are collecting data as a volunteer, please track your effort using one of the two forms (.pdf or .xls) below. Thank you!

Volunteer Timesheet (PDF)

vOLUNTEER tIMESHEET (EXCEL)

Appendices

Appendix a.
​Survey Instructions

Appendix B.
Sampling Distribution plan

Appendix c.
​Tissue Sampling Protocol

Appendix D.
​PIT-Tag pROTOCOL

Appendix E.
​burn severity guide

Track-based Survey Form (pilot)

Phone App for surveying (pilot)

Management Survey Forms

Survey form

Individual turtle form

Large Individual form

Partners Organizations