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    Desert Tortoise Headstart program makes first release

    MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    09.30.2015

    Photo by Lauren Kurkimilis 

    Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

    A wild male tortoise visits the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tortoise Headstart Program, September 30, 2015. NREA released 35 tortoises from the program after they spent approximately 9 years at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. The tortoises were required to grow to a length of at least 4 inches before being released in order to assure they could better fend off predation. (Official USMC photo by Lauren Kurkimilis/Released)

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    Date Taken: 09.30.2015
    Date Posted: 09.30.2015 22:46
    Photo ID: 2204465
    VIRIN: 150930-M-XW818-538
    Resolution: 5616x3744
    Size: 9.49 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US

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