I too agree that box turtles are on a decline throughout there range. I go trout fishing a creek in wester central pa and I have never seen a box turtle there. However I see numerous wood turtles, but it is suprising there are no box turtles. Also I am an avid golfer and play many courses throughout the Delaware Valley and have only seen one box turtle in 8 years. I think this is very suprising being that these are the types of habitats where boxies frequent. I think there is def reason to be concerned. Unfortunately releasing box turtles into the wild isn't a good idea. They can definetly bring in new diseases. I am in a similar situation. I hatched six baby boxes this year. However I don't really need six babies, but i can't sell any of them because it is illegal to do so in jersey(along with everything else). releasing them would be a good idea but i don't think it would work. sorry.

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• box turtle decline in PA - gaboonviper3, Mon Aug 23 01:14:16 2004
• RE: box turtle decline in PA - bdssff2, Mon Aug 23 12:39:56 2004
• RE: box turtle decline in PA - pacman101, Mon Aug 23 18:09:02 2004
• RE: box turtle decline in PA - dragoncjo, Mon Aug 23 18:34:03 2004
• RE: box turtle decline in PA - banjo125, Wed Aug 25 13:28:12 2004
• Probably Illegal, and Not a Good Idea Anyway >> - chris_mcmartin, Mon Aug 23 18:11:08 2004
• RE: Probably Illegal, and Not a Good Idea Anyway >> - gaboonviper3, Mon Aug 23 21:09:06 2004
• RE: Probably Illegal, and Not a Good Idea Anyway >> - dragoncjo, Mon Aug 23 22:59:09 2004
• Technically illegal - EdK, Thu Aug 26 10:28:27 2004
• RE: box turtle decline in PA - jsherps, Sat Aug 28 14:23:03 2004
• RE: box turtle decline in PA - dragoncjo, Tue Aug 31 18:18:32 2004
• RE: box turtle decline in PA - jsherps, Sun Sep 5 14:35:28 2004