Freshwater Turtle Long-term Monitoring

We have multiple freshwater turtle projects underway, in various stages:

TurtlePop 2.0: Comparing Rural and Urban Turtle Populations,
TurtlePop 2.0 is a networked research project of the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN)
TurtlePop 2.0 Project Leaders: Allyson Degrassi (Shenandoah U.), Jennifer Purrenhage & Dave Steinberg (UNH)

Survey-ReSurvey of painted turtle populations along an urbanization gradient in SE New Hampshire;
Examining possible range expansion of the endangered Blanding’s turtle in NH;
Assessment of exposure to chemical contaminants in Blanding’s turtle and painted turtle populations
Jennifer Purrenhage, Rebecca Rowe, & Ben Phillips (M.S. student, UNH Natural Resources & the Environment)

Tracking movement and survival of freshwater turtles following rehabilitation or translocation in NH
Jennifer Purrenhage, Dave Steinberg, Rebecca Rowe, and Dallas Huggins & Drew Stevens (NH Turtle Rescue)