Thanks for posting this turtle information, Jane.   What a sad situation.
 
I worked on the freshwater-mussel harvest issue at the Iowa Capitol years ago.  The impression I got back then, after attending a number of committee meetings, was that if even one Iowan was making a significant profit by unsustainably harvesting a wild resource, the Iowa Legislature would be very reluctant to halt the harvest, even though of course some individual legislators would want to do so. 
 
I hope things have changed since then.  I don't know. 
 
ch
 

Cindy Hildebrand
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"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:  when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." (Charles Dickens) 

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