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Bog turtle
Bog Turtle Conservation
Listing Status: Threatened
 The
bog turtle, American’s smallest turtle, is federally listed as Threatened
under the Endangered Species Act. Bog turtles depend upon an open,
sunny, spring fed wetlands with scattered dry areas, and can be an indicator of
water quality and wetland function. The greatest threats to bog turtles include
habitat degradation and fragmentation from land conversion, habitat succession
due to invasive exotic and native plants, and illegal trade and collecting.
Private landowners own the majority of remaining bog turtle habitat;
good livestock grazing management has helped to conserve bog turtle
habitat, demonstrating the important role that agriculture can play in
conservation.
Goals and Objectives
Through Working Lands for Wildlife, NRCS will assist private landowners combat habitat fragmentation and degradation to restore bog turtle populations in seven states, and increase landowner confidence that the conservation practices they volunteer to implement will not harm the species or its habitat. Restoration activities will complement the existing NRCS
Wetland Reserve Program effort to protect bog turtle habitat.
The following documents require
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Bog Turtle Fact Sheet (187KB)
Bog Turtle Focus Area Map (373KB)
 Core Conservation Practices
- Restoration & Management of Rare & Declining Habitats (643)
- Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (644)
- Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645)
- Early Successional Habitat Development/Management (647)
Supporting Conservation Practices
- Brush Management (314)
- Herbaceous Weed Control (315)
- Conservation Cover (327)
- Prescribed Burning (338)
- Fence (382)
- Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390)
- Riparian Forest Buffer (391)
- Filter Strip (393)
- Stream Habitat Improvement (395)
- Grade Stabilization (410)
- Access Control (472)
- Prescribed Grazing (528)
- Stream Crossing (578)
- Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580)
- Structure for Water Control (587)
- Watering Facility (614)
- Wetland Restoration (657)
- Wetland Enhancement (659)
Program Contacts
Barry Frantz
Assistant State
Conservationist for Programs
(717) 237-2216
Barry Isaacs
State Biologist
(717) 237-2219
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