Information and photograph courtesy of the Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Photograph courtesy of the Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Blanding's turtles live throughout Wisconsin except for the extreme north central counties. Habitats suitable for this turtle include marshes, shallow bays of lakes, shallow slow moving rivers, streams, and some northern bogs. As natural wetlands are drained pressure is placed on this species as suitable habitat becomes unavailable and fragmented.
Roads also present a danger to turtles and further fragment habitat.
Information and photograph courtesy of the Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This species is very mild-tempered and seldom attempts to bite. Because of habitat destruction and widespread collection, the wood turtle is now endangered in Wisconsin. Photograph courtesy of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.