Wood Turtle Ecology & Conservation

Wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) occur in cold streams in forested areas throughout the Northeast - including the Monadnock Region - but they’re especially vulnerable to habitat loss and fragmentation, mowing, and poaching. As a result, they’re considered “endangered” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Join ecologists Liz Willey (Antioch University New England) and Mike Jones (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) for an introduction to the wood turtle, and to the regional efforts underway to preserve this seldom-seen resident of New Hampshire. Co-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education and the KSC School of Sciences.