Lisa Dolan, born on World Turtle Day, May 23, has spent her life immersed in the world of turtles. As a child, Dolan began collecting turtles from her neighborhood lake in upstate New York, where she grew up. As an adult, she has transformed her front yard in Barnegat Light into a diamondback terrapin nesting place and hopes to educate the public to help the species.
Dolan began volunteering to remove nests from people’s properties on Long Beach Island in 2015.
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