Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)

Created: October 2nd, 2008 - 02:53 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Scott McDaniel
Record 19124

Country: United States		State: Maryland	County: Montgomery County	Time: 2007-10-20 00:00:00
Qty: 4	Age: Adult	Sex: Both	Method:	Habitat: -----
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 55.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Overcast		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Perfect eastern box turtle habitat is being destroyed to add a new highway to bridge two other highways- 270 & 95 that are already connected at other points within 20 miles in either direction. This construction, while it may help traffic somewhat, will destroy what remaining habitat these already threatened species have left. We found 4 turtles in one day, and over few weeks before they have found over one hundred box turtles over the several mile stretch that will be affected during early construction.

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Comments

Posted by Kevin Plitt on Mar 25, 2009 at 08:01 AM

This highway is a really sad story.