It’s that time of year when we rally to save/assist egg-laying diamondback terrapins, which qualify as “lady terps” – for all you University of Maryland alumni.
Our seasonal effort to save these happy-faced reptiles is one of the finest displays of creature compassion anywhere, a genuine eelgrass-roots endeavor to protect and restore a species we almost ate into oblivion.
The folks heading up the terrapin repopulation efforts are doggedly dedicated but can’t reach their lofty goal of achieving a back-in-the-day terrapin count without the help of…
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