Emydine Conservation Symposium
July 10–12, 2023
A Conservation Symposium for Wood, Blanding's, and Spotted Turtles, and related Emydine turtles, was held July 10–12, 2023 at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. This symposium built upon earlier conferences in 2016 and 2019 and was the first to focus primarily on the conservation of the turtle subfamily Emydinae (Glyptemys, Clemmys, Emydoidea, Emys, Actinemys, and Terrapene spp.). Following a social gathering the evening of July 10, conference presentations were held in person on July 11 and 12. A special issue of conference papers will be published in Northeast Naturalist in 2024. Conference presentations were organized into the following topical sessions:
(1) Population Assessment and Genetics
(2) Illegal Trade and Repatriation
(3) Spatial Ecology
(4) Habitat Management
(5) Conservation Planning and Implementation
(7) Biology
(8) Headstarting
Final Agenda
Abstracts
Hosts: Juniata College, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, American Turtle Observatory, Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contacts: Jess Meck (jmeck@americanturtles.org) and Mike Jones (michael.t.jones@mass.gov)
(1) Population Assessment and Genetics
(2) Illegal Trade and Repatriation
(3) Spatial Ecology
(4) Habitat Management
(5) Conservation Planning and Implementation
(7) Biology
(8) Headstarting
Final Agenda
Abstracts
Hosts: Juniata College, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, American Turtle Observatory, Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contacts: Jess Meck (jmeck@americanturtles.org) and Mike Jones (michael.t.jones@mass.gov)
Symposium Logo designed by Miranda McCleaf.