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Qld Environment Department announce sand-shifting trial to increase hatchling success at Raine Island turtle rookery
ABC News
17 September 2013
The Queensland Government will wait before beginning an expensive proposal to fix a turtle rookery at Raine Island off Cape York until it assesses the impacts of a new trial.
Queensland Environment Minister Andrew Powell says they were considering shipping sand to the remote island, which has suffered a dramatic decline in hatchling success rates due to a gradual loss of viable nesting areas. Read more
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