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Status assessment and Conservation Plan ​for the eastern box turtle ​​in the northeastern United STATES

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This project was funded by the Regional Conservation Needs Grant program.
From 2019–2023, the Northeast Eastern Box Turtle Working Group — a team of state, federal, university, and NGO biologists — collaborated to develop a status assessment and conservation plan for the eastern box turtle in the northeastern United States (Virginia to Maine). As a part of this project, we:
  1. Developed a standardized population monitoring protocol
  2. Identified key threats to population persistence
  3. Estimated habitat impairment across the Northeast
  4. Created a Conservation Area Network representing key regional priorities 
  5. Established a Conservation Action Plan to guide future conservation efforts
  6. Developed Best Management Practices 
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Regional Population Monitoring Protocol
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Population Monitoring Protocol
pLOT-BASED SURVEY FORM
feATURE-BASED SURVEY FORM
iNDIVIDUAL tURTLE fORM
large individual form
Data entry Spreadsheet

Additional Documents 
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Tutorials
DELINEATIng sites and plots
Conducting Surveys
PROCESSING turtles
sURVEY OPTIONS

Population Monitoring Protocol 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

Additional Regional Box Turtle Documents/Projects
Fly Parasitism
Myiasis Survey Form

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)

Partners Organizations
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