by
                                            
                                              Rhishja Cota 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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                                                published
                                              
                                              Nov 08, 2022
                                            
                                            
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                                                last modified
                                              
                                              Jul 24, 2023 11:27 AM
                                            
                                        
                                        
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                                          filed under:
                                          
                                            Reptile,
                                          
                                          
                                            Additional Resources,
                                          
                                          
                                            Livestock,
                                          
                                          
                                            Habitat loss,
                                          
                                          
                                            Bog Turtle,
                                          
                                          
                                            Product,
                                          
                                          
                                            Research,
                                          
                                          
                                            Peer-reviewed Science,
                                          
                                          
                                            Aquatics,
                                          
                                          
                                            Bog Turtle Additional Resources,
                                          
                                          
                                            Grazing,
                                          
                                          
                                            Resources
                                          
                                        
                                      
                                      The demise of small-scale dairy farming over the past three decades has led to the pastoral abandonment of the majority of bog turtle habitats in the Northeast. As a consequence, habitats are being degraded by the growth of invasive flora, changes in hydrology, and the loss of turtle microhabitats created by livestock.
                                      
                                          
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