Please follow this link for a USDA Forest Service article on "Eastern Box Turtle Monitoring Project" By Kate Salm, Public Affairs Specialist on the Huron-Manistee National Forest. http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r9/plants-animals/?cid=STELPRD3801494     … [Read more...]

Release Date: Jan 28, 2014   Cadillac, MI Contact(s): Kate Salm There are 57 species of turtles found in the US and 10 of those are found in Michigan.  Many species are in trouble because of road mortality, habitat loss and over collection.   I got to spend a few days getting to know one of those species, the Eastern Box Turtle for a few days this past summer. The Eastern Box turtle is the focus of a monitoring project being conducted as part of a partnership with Grand Valley State Univer … [Read more...]