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Outdoors: Joint project supports threatened turtle species

A central Iowa wetland is now home to 32 young Blanding’s turtles, that were released Wednesday as part of a joint project to give the threatened species a jump on life. These hatchlings were part of four clutches that were incubated and hatched at Blank Park Zoo, from gravid females found last summer at the wetland.

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