Wetland Turtle Habitats Potentially Impacted.
Abstract
Changing water levels or other operations at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reservoirs may impact critical habitat parameters for wetland turtle species. This technical note identifies wetland turtle species and habitats potentially impacted by USACE reservoir or other water-control projects as reported by resource managers. Current state and/or Federal legal protection status is summarized and USACE Districts and reservoir projects potentially impacted by wetland turtle conservation issues are identified (Table 1). Life- history summaries and habitat requirement descriptions are given for each wetland turtle species identified as potentially impacted at reservoir operations (Figure 1, Table 2). This group includes one Federally threatened, one Federal candidate, and three state protected turtle species. These five species were reported to have presented conservation issues at 50 USACE projects from 8 USACE Districts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA363578
Entities
People
- Dena D. Dickerson
- Kevin J. Reine
- Kim L. Herrmann