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- Michael Durham photo, courtesy of the Oregon Zoo
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An endangered western pond turtle, head-started at the Oregon Zoo, is released to the wild in the Columbia River Gorge. There are turtle populations being monitored on both sides of the Columbia River.Â
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Summer’s just heating up in Portland, but for 23 western pond turtles reared at the Oregon Z…
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