02/09/2016 03:30 PM EST
Pictured here is the bog turtle – North America’s tiniest turtle! This turtle can be found in the Appalachian Mountain bogs, one of the nation’s most biodiverse, yet rarest and most imperiled habitats. Roughly 90 percent of the area’s mountain bogs that once existed have been lost, making protection critical. That’s why the President’s budget calls for funding to conserve places like this as part of full and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. http://on.doi.gov/23Ljo4L 🐢
Photo by Rosie Walunas, USFWS.