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Teenage citizen-scientist helps USGS confirm unique population of threatened turtle

By Communications and Publishing
A teenager sits in a boat holding a tiny turtle in each hand, smiling.
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Aidan Ford, a citizen-scientist, holds up two juvenile Ringed Map Turtles during fieldwork with the U.S. Geological Survey, on May 5, 2023 on the Bouge Falaya river, in Louisiana. (Courtesy photo). 

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