Editing Blanding's turtle (section)

== <!-- Blanding's turtles do not appear to age once they have reached adulthood. When compared to, for example, a 20-year-old turtle, a 70-year-old exhibits negligible senescence, and may, in fact, be "better at scouting out the good nesting places and also produce more progeny". {{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} -->  Distribution and habitat ==
[[File:Minson Blandings - Flickr - USDAgov.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Affixing a transmitter for research purposes]]
The geographic range of ''E.&nbsp;blandingii'' centres on the [[Great Lakes]], and extends from central [[Nebraska]] and [[Minnesota]] (where it twice failed to become the [[List of U.S. state reptiles|state reptile]])<ref name="Minnesota proposed">{{cite web|title=Minnesota State Symbols—Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/unsym.aspx|publisher=Minnesota State Legislature|access-date=2011-02-25}}</ref> eastward through southern [[Ontario]] and the south shore of [[Lake Erie]] as far east as northern New York. In Nebraska, this turtle is uncommon in the eastern portion of the state, but common to abundant in the Sand Hills region lakes, ponds, and streams. There are also isolated populations in southeastern [[New York (state)|New York]] ([[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]]), [[New England]], and [[Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite book|vauthors=[[species:Carl H. Ernst|Ernst CH]], [[Roger W. Barbour|Barbour RW]], [[Jeffrey E. Lovich|Lovich JE]]|year=1994|title=Turtles of the United States and Canada|publisher= Smithsonian Institution|location=Washington|page= 242}}</ref>

Its general habitat is [[wetlands]] with clean shallow water. It is known to bask on logs, and will wander far from water, particularly when nesting. It generally nests in sunny areas, with well drained soil. Younger turtles may bask on sedge and alder hummocks. Young will often travel far in search of mating sites, new habitat, or new food sources, as do elder turtles.