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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Children; Youth;
- A young child observes while sea turtle eggs are readied for relocation.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Connecting people with nature;
- July 16, 2010 - Port St. Joe, FL: University of Florida students Natalie Williams and Brail Stephens (right).
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Connecting people with nature;
- Port St. Joe, FL: University of Florida grad student Natalie Williams carefully marks an egg which notes its orientation in the nest.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Connecting people with nature;
- Port St. Joe, FL: A group of University of Florida students help with this sea turtle egg excavation, along with USFWS biologists and a USGS biologist.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Connecting people with nature;
- Port St. Joe, FL: University of Florida grad student Natalie Williams uncovers turtle eggs.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Employees (USFWS);
- Port St. Joe, FL: Brail Stephens (University of Florida) gently places the cooler into the carrier as Natalie Williams (UF) and Lorna Patrick (USFWS) assist.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Employees (USFWS); Service patch; Connecting people with nature;
- Port St. Joe, FL: USFWS biologist Lorna Patrick and University of Florida student Brail Stephens.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Employees (USFWS); Service patch;
- Port St. Joe, FL: USFWS biologist Lorna Patrick advises graduate students who assist with sea turtle egg relocation.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Employees (USFWS); Service patch;
- Port St. Joe, FL: USFWS biologist Lorna Patrick leans in to give some advice to graduate students Natalie and Brail.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers; Employees (USFWS); Service patch;
- Port St. Joe, FL: USFWS biologist Lorna Patrick discusses the nuances of nest excavation as Don Imm watches.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: A thermometer is carefully installed atop the first layer of turtle eggs. This device is crucial to ensuring the sea turtle embryos stay healthy and the sex ratio of the turtles is not compromised.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Dr. Ray Carthy works jointly for University of Florida and the US Geological Survey.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Egg is carefully marked to note its orientation.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Dr. Ray Carthy works jointly for University of Florida and the US Geological Survey.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Site of sea turtle egg relocation
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Specially designed contraptions used to carry sea turtle eggs that have been placed in Styrofoam coolers.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Brail Stephens and Jacob Hill (University of Florida) finish attaching a thermometer to the second box of turtle eggs in nest #1.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: Coolers sitting ready for the eggs in nest #2. The contents of each cooler is carefully documented and recorded.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: A crate containing sea turtle eggs is slowly loaded into its carrier.
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- Sea Turtle egg relocation
- Oil spills; Relocation; Reptiles; Volunteers;
- Port St. Joe, FL: USFWS biologist Lorna Patrick uses stakes that were used to mark the nest to fashion handles for carrying a cooler containing sea turtle eggs.
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