Eastern Massasauga Survey Protocol

Eastern Massasauga Survey Protocol
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Facility
Federally Threatened Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)
New York Ecological Services Field Office
Through a series of laws created over the last century, Americans have declared that we need to collectively protect landscapes, fish, wildlife, and plants. Several agencies in the federal government put our country's conservation laws into action, and the Ecological Services Program of the U.S....
Conservation Office
Cortland,NY
Program
A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Program
Baileys Crossroads,VA
Species
Eastern massasauga rattlesnake

Massasaugas are small snakes with thick bodies, heart-shaped heads and vertical pupils. The average length of an adult is about 2 feet. Adult massasaugas are gray or light brown with large, light-edged chocolate brown blotches on the back and smaller blotches on the sides. The snake's belly is...

FWS Focus
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank
Species
Subject tags
Surveying
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Pacific
Midwest