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<url><loc>https://senseofplace.pub/2026/06/10/wrapped-in-a-box-the-gifts-of-the-eastern-box-turtle/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Sense of Place</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-10T13:05:32+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Wrapped in a Box: The Gifts of the Eastern Box Turtle</news:title><news:keywords>North Carolina, nature, wildlife, reptiles, biodiversity, turtles, natural history, conservation, ecology, wildlife rehabilitation, culture, sense of place, forest ecology, ecosystem services, nature connection, Eastern Box Turtle, Box Turtles, Woodland Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, Road Ecology, Turtle Conservation, Habitat Connectivity, Seed Dispersal, Landscape Ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Fungal Spore Dispersal, The Serviceberry, Human-Nature Relationships, Forest Floor, Reciprocity, Gifts of Nature, Wildlife Conservation, Place-Based Ecology</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>