Endangered turtle study highlights New Boston’s stewardship

Thanks to the work of the Natural Resource Section at New Boston Air Force Station, the scientific community is about to gain a bevy of knowledge about an endangered species that calls the base home.

Following eight years of research on Blanding’s turtles and their habitat, Stephen Najjar, NBAFS natural resource planner, and his staff plan to submit a detailed study on the topic to national scientific journals later this year.

The state of New Hampshire lists the Blanding’s turtle as endangered and threatened, which means the species’ prospects for survival in New Hampshire are in danger because of a loss or change in habitat, over-exploitation, predation, competition, disease, disturbance or contamination.
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