Consider the box turtle Feb 15. 2013 | Comments (0)
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/animals/reptile/teca/all.html
Please read the full report including "In Oklahoma, 25 eastern box turtles and ornate box turtles (T. ornata) were found dead after a fire, while only 3 box turtles (Terrapene spp.) were found alive"
This is Forest Service report.
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/conservation/herps/pdf/teca_cons_plan.pdf
See page 32 of this study.
http://www.mwparc.org/products/fire/plain/
The voiceless box turtle is just one of the species affected.
Why do we have to sacrifice the Box Turtle for any potential prairie composite?