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Image: TPW 101
File Size: 2000 x 1600 pixels, 468 kilobytes
By-line: EARL NOTTINGHAM
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Caption/Information: Texas Parks & Wildlife Coastal Fisheries employees Mike Ray and Melinda Dunks help transport green sea turtles to a release site in the lower Laguna Madre near Port Isabel, Texas, Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Ninety of the large turtles were cold-stunned during frigid weather in late January and washed up on local shores where they were rescued and rehabilitated in warmer waters at the Texas State Aquarium and the CCA/CPL Marine fish hatchery.
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| Object Name (Title) | TURTLE RELEASE |
|---|---|
| Category | A |
| Keywords | GREEN, SEA, TURTLE, RELEASE, RE-HAB |
| By-Line (Author) | EARL NOTTINGHAM |
| By-Line Title (Author Position) | CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER |
| City | PORT ISABEL |
| Province/State | TEXAS |
| Country/Primary Location Name | USA |
| Original Transmission Reference | tpw-101 |
| Headline | GREEN SEA TURTLES |
| Source | TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPT. |
| Copyright Notice | Earl Nottingham/ TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPT. |
| Caption/Abstract | Texas Parks & Wildlife Coastal Fisheries employees Mike Ray and Melinda Dunks help transport green sea turtles to a release site in the lower Laguna Madre near Port Isabel, Texas, Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Ninety of the large turtles were cold-stunned during frigid weather in late January and washed up on local shores where they were rescued and rehabilitated in warmer waters at the Texas State Aquarium and the CCA/CPL Marine fish hatchery. |
| Caption Writer/Editor | EN |
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