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Lake County Forest Preserve officials are part of a group trying to increase the population of the Blanding’s turtles, an endangered species in Illinois
Saving Blanding’s turtles
Sheryl DeVore / Lake County News-Sun
Lake County Forest Preserve District wildlife biologist Gary Glowacki shows two nine-month old Blanding’s turtle hatchlings being reared until they are big enough to avoid predation and be placed in the wild. 
