Bog Turtle Inventory at Appalachian National Scenic Trail
National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Division. Bog Turtle Inventory at Appalachian National Scenic Trail. 2023-2024. National Park Service
Phase I and Phase III Bog Turtle Surveys on three Appalachian National Scenic Trail (APPA) tracts were conducted in formerly grazed rich sloping fen and calcareous wet meadow. Substantial areas of the core bog turtle habitat are colonized by native and nonnative shrubs and, to some extent, eastern red cedar. Manual chemical treatment of encroaching woody vegetation is recommended and should be adequate for maintaining desirable bog turtle habitat at this site. Grazing is not recommended for the bog turtle habitat; soil saturation is generally low (from prior agricultural drainage), which increases the risk of bog turtles being injured or killed from cattle trampling.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Division
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- APPA
- Keywords
- APPA, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Bog Turtle, Data Package Type, IMD, National Park Service, NPS, NPS Inventory and Monitoring Division, NPS Species Inventory Program, Open-format, Turtle Habitat, Turtle Survey
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities
Program
Products
- Bog Turtle Inventory at Appalachian National Scenic Trail 2024 - Open Format Dataset
- Inventory of bog turtles for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail