Assessing a New Tool for Early Detection of Endangered Turtles on Proposed Transportation Projects

The goal of this project is to assess the efficacy of eDNA for detecting Blanding’s turtles and wood turtles across their ranges in Minnesota.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $251676
• Contract Numbers:

  1036341 WO#2

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Department of Civil Engineering, 201 Engineering Hall
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Start Date: 20220804
• Expected Completion Date: 20240630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detection and identification technologies; Endangered species; Wildlife
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01836106
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036341 WO#2
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 18 2022 12:39PM