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	Bog Turtles in Connecticut

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12-3-2007 12:08 AM

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But now one of Connecticut's smallest and most mysterious of creatures — the North American bog turtle — could derail Betts' dream of building on the scenic high meadows of Yale Farm.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hc-bogturtle1202.artdec02,0,2515952.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout"><DIV>
The bog turtle, at just 4 inches long, is America's smallest turtle, but the species packs a mighty punch among the scientists and environmental regulators charged with protecting endangered species.</DIV>
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Decimated by development and poaching — in the black market pet trade, the friendly bog turtles can command up to $1,500 apiece — the species was given international treaty protection in 1973 and  listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1997.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hc-bogturtle1202.artdec02,0,2515952.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout">
The few remaining populations in Litchfield County are considered so fragile that the state Department of Environmental Protection warns that the bog turtle "could be the first reptile to become extinct in Connecticut."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BC53DD30-DB64-410A-BAA6-36A35E43FAD0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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