About 1500 baby turtles are about to get their first snap of freedom when they are released in waterways across the New England region.
For the past few months, University of New England (UNE) Phd candidate Louise Streeting has been working with honours student Tessa Stewart and UNE researcher Eric Nordberg to rescue the Bell's Turtle by collecting the pregnant mothers and waiting for them to give birth before incubating the eggs in a lab.
