“But these magnificent turtles also need equally strong protections for the streams, lakes and swamps where they live to ensure their survival.” The Service did not propose critical habitat ...

Both species of snapping turtle are threatened by trapping and habitat destruction ... make a distinctive and beautiful presence in the region’s rare, ecologically intact wet prairies. Fish Lake ...

critical habitat designation for three, and whether protections are warranted for two more species. Those species include the Southeast alligator snapping turtle, the Suwanee snapping turtle in ...