Summary[
edit] Description: English: Mary Griffin, the Department of Fish and Game commisioner, holds a headstart northern red-bellied cooter at the Celebrate Turtles event in May. Credit: Bill Byrne/MassWildlife This family-friendly event provided turtle enthusiasts an opportunity to release headstarted cooters, see a broad selection of other live native turtles found here in Massachusetts, and learn about the threats to turtles here in Massachusetts from biologists and other turtle enthusiasts. Visitors also saw how turtles are tracked with telemetry. Learn more about Massachusetts turtle events at
http://go.usa.gov/WLO. Date: 27 May 2011, 09:45:53. Source:
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Flickr API detail. Flickr sets: Reptiles & Amphibians 2011 Year of the Turtle Photos. Flickr tags: turtle endangered species threatened northern red-bellied cooter bog blanding's refuge wildlife fish massachusetts connecticut new york jersey virginia west maryland rhode island delaware maine hampshire vermont year of the turtle partners amphibian reptile conservation ESA. Camera location
42° 11′ 03.08″ N, 71° 43′ 05.44″ W : View all coordinates using:
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42.184188; -71.718177.