A loggerhead sea turtle nest is protected on a dune at the beachfront July 30, 2020, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. SMR is working together with the natural resource managers from the Department of Military Affairs and from Naval Air Station Oceana, as well as with scientists from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center and biologists from U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge to help protect the rare nest until the hatchlings emerge. (U.S. National Guard photo by Mike Vrabel)
200730-A-RW533-180.JPG Photo By: Mike Vrabel

Virginia Beach, Virginia - A loggerhead sea turtle nest is protected on a dune at the beachfront July 30, 2020, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. SMR is working together with the natural resource managers from the Department of Military Affairs and from Naval Air Station Oceana, as well as with scientists from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center and biologists from U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge to help protect the rare nest until the hatchlings emerge. (U.S. National Guard photo by Mike Vrabel)


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