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Smith, D. R., & Shreeve, R. , Conservation of the eastern box turtle during a major highway construction project in the greater washington metropolitan area.
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| Resource type: Conference Paper BibTeX citation key: Smith2011a View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Habitat - habitat, Nordamerika - North America, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Terrapene carolina Creators: Shreeve, Smith |
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The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a declining terrestrial reptile species in Maryland, and has been classified as a species of “Greatest Conservation Need” by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Declines have been attributed to loss of habitat and fragmentation from land disturbance activities including development and road building. The Intercounty Connector (ICC) highway project is an approximately 18-mile new highway being constructed within the greater Washington metropolitan area of Maryland. As an Environmental Stewardship effort by the project, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) implemented conservation measures to reduce mortality of box turtles during road construction. A panel of box turtle experts was convened by SHA to help guide highway contractors in finding, removing, and excluding box turtles from active construction areas and relocating them to nearby suitable habitat. From fall 2007 to fall 2009, 898 box turtles were collected using a combination of human and canine searching techniques and relocated from the project corridor. Box turtle relocation techniques, successes, and failures are discussed
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