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Photographer: Turtle photos: University of Michigan News, Christopher Dick
Caption: Anderson Marker — bottom right image
Additional Description: Blanding's Turtles Find Safe Haven at the Reserve
Researcher Justin Congdon, professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, studied the reserve's turtles every nesting season from 1975 through 2007. In 2016, researchers found an 83-year-old female Blanding's turtle first captured in 1954. Believing it to be one of the oldest freshwater turtles, Congdon returned to examine it. In Michigan, Blanding's turtles are protected as a special concern species, which makes it unlawful to kill, take, trap, possess, buy or sell them.
Submitted: July 21, 2022, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p668058
File Size: 3.415 Megabytes

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