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Published Sat, Oct 17, 2009 04:49 AM
Modified Sat, Oct 17, 2009 04:36 AM
Modified Sat, Oct 17, 2009 04:36 AM
Moving day
Staff photos by Harry Lynch
Turtle hunter Erin Poor, left, tries to keep her balance while slogging downslope to help fellow turtle hunter Maura Nowalk free a turtle from a net trap in a small pond being drained Friday on the north end of Sarah P. Duke Gardens. The pond will become a sedimentation pool for the planned Duke Hospital construction.
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