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Tees, turtles, and favoritism  -  Nov 2, 2008
Boston Globe,In 1998, a Connecticut state biologist found a female bog turtle on land near, but not on, Betts's property. In July, a consultant hired by Betts filed a

Cool weather brings first of season’s birds  -  Nov 8, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,But in particular, they harbor the bog turtle, Georgia’s smallest turtle and perhaps its most endangered reptile. DNR herpetologist Thomas Floyd said that

Yale Farm: Cry of Foul  -  Nov 6, 2008
Litchfield County Times,Opponents claim that the issue of the presence of the bog turtle, an endangered species, in an area that could potentially be affected by the golf course

Cherry Valley forever  -  Oct 31, 2008
Pocono Record,The valley also hosts unique species, including the bald eagles, the dwarf wedge mussel, northeastern bulrush and the bog turtle. The designation of an area

Program preserves 3500 acres of wetlands this year  -  Nov 7, 2008
News & Observer,The program has been used across the state, from protecting and improving the endangered bog turtle's habitat in Western North Carolina to restoring Pocosin

FRIENDS announces Blue Ridge Parkway 469-Mile Award  -  Nov 6, 2008
Boone Mountain Times,FRIENDS secures research funds to preserve the hemlocks, which are in danger of extinction, obtains funds for the federally endangered bog turtle,

Fish and Wildlife gives grants to help Mitchell and Yancey county ...  -  Oct 23, 2008
Asheville Citizen-Times,River a priority conservation area due to the presence of the federally protected Appalachian elktoe mussel, Virginia spiraea plant, and bog turtle.

No Bog Turtles Found At Site Of Proposed Golf Course  -  Sep 19, 2008
Hartford Courant,The bog turtle, which was found in an area the size of three-fourths of an acre of the entire property, was just one obstacle of many that Betts and his

Brushies targeted in protection plan  -  Sep 24, 2008
Wilkes Journal Patriot,...of Torrey’s Mountain-mint, a federal species of concern; the federally-threatened bog turtle; and Keever’s bristle-moss, a state-endangered species.

Leave It In The Rough  -  Sep 7, 2008
Hartford Courant,It's been held up by an appeal over the possible presence of an endangered species — the tiny and elusive North American bog turtle — on the site.

PROPOSED RULE WOULD STREAMLINE LNG-TYPE PROCESSES  -  Sep 11, 2008
Dundalk Eagle,AES developed the Bog Turtle Management Plan in consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, one of the agencies providing input in the development

Endangered species share a threat: humans  -  Sep 12, 2008
The Herald-Times (subscription),...“The rule-making will make it more difficult for species like the piping plover, the bog turtle, the Delmarva fox squirrel ... to recover,� said Michael

Home of Hambletonian awaits approval for cluster development  -  Aug 30, 2008
Goshen ChronicleHe also warned that parts of the property were designated endangered bog turtle habitat in 1978 and 1982 and so are protected by state.

LIZ PARKER: A peaceful pedal passage to work  -  14 Aug 2008
Citizen of Morris County,...woodchuck, opossum, and cottontail rabbits are here, as are a variety of fish, reptiles, and amphibians, including the federally threatened bog turtle.

Neighbors Oppose Chester Heights Retirement Home  -  Aug 13, 2008
Town Talk,Another neighbor suggested that a bog turtle study was needed on the property's extensive wetlands. The notion of the borough buying the site to create a

Opposition swirls around proposed water main in Greenville mountains  -  Jul 19, 2008
Greenville News,He recommended a "complete, detailed" survey of the bog turtle population to assess the project's potential impact. Stovall said the issues would be worked

As PPL (NYSE: PPL) Prepares to Unveil its Quarterly Statements on ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
PR Web (press release),...to say nothing of the problem of building in a conservation area that includes the habitat of the endangered bog turtle or spraying vegetation in a

New PSP commander hails from Perkiomen  -  Apr 3, 2008
Ft. Washington Montgomery Newspapers,Coghlan said that most likely, a bog turtle investigation won't be required because there doesn't appear to be wetlands at the Seitz Road site.

Former Christiana Police Chief Honored for Service  -  Apr 2, 2008
RedOrbit,...well drilled for the water system will take longer than planned now that preliminary surveys have determined that the well site is a bog turtle habitat.

IN CHADDS FORD/PENNSBURY  -  Apr 18, 2008
Chester DailyLocal.com,The area is a possible bog turtle habitat and is within the Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark. It is also in a flood plain.

Preserve Cherry Valley as national wildlife refuge  -  Apr 9, 2008
Allentown Morning Call,The bog turtle was found, which is classified as US threatened. About a dozen Pennsylvania endangered plants have been found, including wild bleeding hearts

Lahaway Creek bridge reopens  -  Mar 28, 2008
Asbury Park Press,...of fish-spawning and the area being suitable habitat for the bog turtle, an endangered species in New Jersey that is in immediate threat of extinction.

Anchors first step in building wetland trail  -  Mar 27, 2008
Carlisle Sentinel,...the anchors is a critical phase of the project since the wetland cannot be disturbed after April because the marsh is identified as bog turtle habitat.

Borough needs to move quikly on plans for bridge, trail  -  22 Feb 2008
Carlisle Sentinel,Because the marsh is considered prime bog turtle habitat, construction must be done in April or be delayed until the fall, Lage says.

RETTEW Hires Qualified Bog Turtle Surveyor  -  Jan 25, 2008
Amerisurv (press release),The most stringent of these regulations require parties to have a certified bog turtle surveyor complete all Phase II surveys within only a two-month window

New state report explores four years of nongame work  -  Feb 19, 2008
Forest Blade,Restoring mountain wetlands vital to possibly the state's most rare reptile, the bog turtle. Acquiring land - more than 22000 acres in the previous four

HVA Secures an Easement on Prime Riverfront Land  -  Jan 31, 2008
Litchfield County Times,Dr. Klemens, who could not be reached for comment, may be best known for writing the state Department of Environmental Protection's "Bog Turtle Recovery

Franklin to discuss Superfund site  -  Feb 11, 2008
New Jersey Herald,There was also the matter of the bog turtle, a federally and state protected species which lives in the area, and how best to protect the reptile's habitat.

Give Farmers Tax Breaks To Protect Wildlife  -  Feb 11, 2008
Hartford Courant,In the East, agricultural landowners are restoring wetland habitats for another threatened species, the bog turtle. All of these fledgling efforts could be

Study: More cars hitting wildlife on highways in Colorado, nationwide  -  Jan 31, 2008
Denver Post,Alabama red-bellied turtle, Bog turtle, Copperbelly water snake, Eastern indigo snake, amphibians, California tiger salamander, flatwoods salamander,

Venturing Crew 202 wins environmental excellence award  -  Feb 11, 2008
Carroll County Times (subscription),...restoring tidal wetlands, restoring bog turtle habitats in North Carroll and cleaning up trash along streams and roads, according to the crew’s profile.

State Transportation Chair Evans Urges 'Common Sense' In Federal ...  -  Nov 2, 2007
Dawson Times,Agency considers the area a potential habitat for the endangered bog turtle species; although no bog turtles have been documented at the site.

State taking habitat grant requests  -  Nov 25, 2007
Worcester Telegram,The New England cottontail, Plymouth red-belly cooter, bog turtle, blue-spotted salamander and grassland birds are examples of species whose habitats have

State buys land in the towns of Gorham, Junius to protect it  -  Nov 24, 2007
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,The land supports the bog turtle, an endangered reptile, and rare plants. Before the DEC took it over, the land was threatened by peat mining,

Berks mega-project delayed  -  Nov 23, 2007
Lancaster Newspapers,The US Fish and Wildlife Service this summer determined that the project site is not a bog turtle habitat, so Arcadia passed that hurdle.

Full of CREP  -  Nov 17, 2007
Frederick News Post (subscription),...or endangers species with familiar names -- like the bald eagle and bog turtle; and not-so-familiar names -- like the glassy darter and herperella.

NiSource Inc. Application for an Incidental Take Permit  -  Oct 11, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),PR, RI, SC, TX, VA, WV Red cockaded Picoides E AL, AR, FL, GA, 35 FR 16047. woodpecker borealis LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX, VA Bog turtle Glyptemys T GA,

Natural curiosity leads teen to research, TV appearance  -  Jul 22, 2007
TriCities.com,Home-schooling gave him the flexibility to work year-round at the park while still serving as a research technician with the Tennessee Bog Turtle Program.

'We need to control what we do here'  -  Aug 18, 2007
New Jersey Herald,By STEPHEN J. NOVAK In his 18 years as a municipal engineer, Sparta Township Planner David Troast has never seen a bog turtle.

Carroll Digest  -  Jul 29, 2007
Baltimore Sun,...will discuss the airport expansion, incinerator, dam and reservoir, new Manchester high school and Manchester bypass and the value of the bog turtle.

Nockamixon residents have opportunity to examine company's well ...  -  Jul 26, 2007
Allentown Morning Call,...for construction of a drilling pad 667 feet from a small pond on the property in an area considered part of the habitat of the threatened bog turtle.

Few comments at hearings on future of FitzPatrick nuclear plant  -  Aug 1, 2007
Syracuse Post Standard,...or endangered species on or near the site -- the piping plover, the massasauga rattlesnake, the bog turtle and the Indiana bat -- would be small.

Fredon purchases 34 acres for open spaces  -  Jul 29, 2007
New Jersey Herald,Because of the various species of plants and reptiles, including the endangered bog turtle, the land is also suitable for use as an outdoor educational

RETTEW Strengthens Land Development Operations  -  Jul 27, 2007
Amerisurv (press release),...from site development and the approval process to obtaining highway occupancy permitting and permits relating to bog turtle habitat preservation.



Borough may lose massive housing project  Nov 19, 2006
If the land isn't sold, Duckworth said, construction on Bryn Eyre is stalled until at least mid-2008 because a bog turtle was found last spring about a half ... - Reading Eagle,

Conservancy Expands Mountain Wetlands Preserve  Nov 7, 2006
Located in Johnson County’s Shady Valley, Orchard Bog Preserve is one of the last refuges for the rare and threatened bog turtle. ... - The Nature Conservancy,

State expands protected species list  Nov 8, 2006
In Georgia, the status of the bog turtle has been upgraded from threatened to endangered. ... "A bog turtle can migrate from one bog to another," Ambrose said. ... - Gainesville Times,

Orange County naturalist to lecture on endangered frogs  Oct 27, 2006
Jay Westervelt, a local naturalist who first identified the Glenmere Lake population - along with populations of the endangered Bog Turtle - in 1977, will ... - Warwick Advertiser

Ecologist lectures on oil spills and water restoration  Oct 23, 2006
...being protected, Sinha said. Specifically, Sinha spoke of the bog turtle, a species federally listed as endangered. Bog turtles are ... - Lehigh University The Brown and White,
Tales of bog turtles and numerous ants Mar 20, 2006
But there are always two sides to every issue. I know developers who blanch white or turn red with anger upon just hearing the words "bog turtle.". ...
The Express Times,

Scientists: Keep species protected Mar 12, 2006
...to preserve habitat. In the Hudson Valley, incentives have helped protect the bog turtle, a threatened species. Landowners with ...
Poughkeepsie Journal,

Protecting nature is an obligation, not a privilege Mar 12, 2006
Why spend $1.3 million on the bog turtle, which probably struggled to survive in the Hudson Valley anyway, before we clear-cut the forests and started grazing ...
Poughkeepsie Journal,
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