Turtles

• Blanding's turtle
  • Environmental Review fact sheet (recommendations for minimizing impacts)
  • Environmental Review nest fact sheet (preventing nest predation)
  • Environmental Review flyer (handout)
• False map turtle
• Northern map turtle
• Ouachita map turtle
• Painted turtle
• Smooth softshell turtle
• Snapping turtle
• Spiny softshell turtle
• Wood turtle

Turtles and Turtle Watching for the North Central States

by John J. Moriarty

Pick up this pocket-sized guide describing the 13 turtle species found in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Keys help you with identification, as well as information on habitats, natural history and basking habits. Find suggestions on where and how to observe these often secretive creatures. And, see the distribution maps showing where various species live.
Published by the Nongame Wildlife Program. Cost $9.95

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