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The Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (Board) contracted development of this document to outline the species’ current status and distribution in … /Image96 65 0 R In all states where it naturally occurs, the Blanding’s turtle is now listed as endangered, threatened, or a species of concern. The Blanding’s Turtle is found in and around the Great Lakes Basin, with isolated populations elsewhere in the United States and Canada. /Image52 42 0 R /Image129 85 0 R They use their long necks and jaws to capture prey. >> /Image95 64 0 R /LW 1 /Subtype /Image Fish and Wildlife Service Competitive State Wildlife Grant (SWG) Program. /BM /Normal They inhabit lake shallows, ponds, marshes, and creeks with soft bottoms and dense aquatic vegetation. /Image55 44 0 R Blanding’s Turtles can be found throughout southern, central and eastern Ontario. 1839 0 obj
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With the help of NRCS, landowners are making wildlife improvements to working lands and protecting lands not suitable for farming with conservation easements. %PDF-1.5 /Width 64 Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) Conservation and Educational Efforts in a Portion of Wisconsin Affected by Suburbanization. Blanding's turtle The Blanding's turtle is easily distinguished by its bright yellow throat and jaw. /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Parent 2 0 R /Image109 70 0 R Nova Scotia population: Endangered. >> The carapace (i.e, top part of shell) is usually black with yellowish spots and streaks and is dome-like, elongated, and smooth. 6 0 obj /Image60 48 0 R Unrestricted, for immediate release . It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red Listas endangered in some U.S. states, and as either threatened or endangered throughout Canada, though it has no federal status in the U.S. Some shells have white or yellow dots. Habitat and Range Blanding’s turtles are semi-aquatic. THE ORIGIN OF THE BLANDING’S TURTLE PROGRAM The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum got involved in the preservation of the Blanding’s turtle in 2008 when they joined the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Blanding’s turtle head-start program and were given six hatchlings for educational purposes. The Iowa DNR would appreciate the report of … They prefer wetland habitats instead of lotic and upland sites (Edge et al. �L����lxP��y�%B�� �O,�Sf�a��N��#�\ >> During this headstarting period, the young Blanding’s turtles grow very quickly, so much so that by their release at about 9 months of age, our headstarted … Blanding’s Turtle Conservation Plan | viii Conservation Goals1 The overall goal of the landing’s turtle conservation plan is to provide guidance to achieve, protect, and maintain self-sustaining populations of the landing’s turtle and its essential habitat in New York State. << /Group << The Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is listed as a “tier 1” species in the Natural Legacy Project, Nebraska’s wildlife action plan. /Image113 73 0 R /Image62 49 0 R /F1 90 0 R Earth Rangers, an environmental conservation organization focused on engaging youth in the protection of nature, has provided support for the project by building a facility to house the turtle eggs and hatchlings at the Toronto Zoo. >> /F4 10 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /Image33 30 0 R /Image117 76 0 R /F5 11 0 R /BM /Normal SUMMARY . /Kids [4 0 R 5 0 R] In June 2014, the Northeast Blanding’s Turtle Working Group completed a draft Conservation Plan for Blanding’s Turtle and Associated Wetland-Dependent Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Northeastern United States, a multi-year planning project funded by the U.S. >> 7 0 obj /Image114 74 0 R /LJ 0 /G3 6 0 R Issue Date: 12/30/2016 . Blanding’s Turtles are protected from collection and ownership in Ontario under the Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act. Circled in pink are the nesting sites we believe are crucial to the Blanding's Turtle and Wood Turtle, and therefore need to be actively managed in order to conserve the two species. Blanding’s turtle populations continue to decline throughout their home range. N�Q#�T�W! Annual report submitted to the Nongame Wildlife Program, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Conservation Efforts Region: North America. endobj /Count 2 /Image42 35 0 R /ca .2 Leon C. Hinz Jr. INHS Technical Report 2016 (57) Prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resources, State Wildlife Initiative Grants Program . /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /Image12 24 0 R >> Since 2004, 855 individual turtles have been documented in two sites within … /Image77 55 0 R Blanding’s turtles are an excellent species upon which to model wetland protection initiatives. >> Habitat preservation is an important issue relating to the conservation of Blanding’s turtles. >> Overwintering