Karen Terwilliger, a local environmental expert, looks out to brackish water shores ideal for Diamondback Terrapin Turtle reproduction at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 10, 2017. Langley Air Force Base has restored 3,000 linear feet of its shoreline and plans to restore an additional 329 feet this year, providing natural flood prevention, and an added benefit of more area for the turtles to lay eggs.

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