In 1994, I began my research on the ecology of a relatively understudied species under the direction of Dr. Edward O. Moll at Eastern Illinois University. Although the work began as a simple single-species mark/recapture study, we greatly expanded it to examine the turtle assemblage. The site studied has impressive species richness for Illinois, nine species. I continued the work after completing my Master’s Degree and expanded it to include some limited radio-telemetry. Research continued intermittently until 2010 when I had to end the project. However, I may re-initiate the work on the species in the near future given the thousands of turtles marked at the site.
