{"id":7257,"date":"2010-09-06T20:19:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T01:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=7257"},"modified":"2010-11-14T13:46:50","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T18:46:50","slug":"touched-by-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=7257","title":{"rendered":"Touched by Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Touched by Nature — Mckenzie Coughlin of Wareham<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday morning the Wareham community released 18 painted turtle hatchlings into the wild.\u00c2\u00a0 These babies emerged from five nests that had been protected by the good stewards at the Wareham Community Gardens off Tihonet Road.\u00c2\u00a0 Sharing this space with painted turtles\u00c2\u00a0who have been nesting on the site for\u00c2\u00a0centuries uncounted, Wareham gardeners sought to save the next generation of painted turtles\u00c2\u00a0for the next generation of Wareham children.\u00c2\u00a0 Interesting to imagine, the babies released on Saturday will be on hand at the turn of the next century (2100) to greet the grandchildren of the grandchildren who released them today.\u00c2\u00a0 Such is the way that turtles build communities and knit seamless continuity into the framework of time and nature.<\/p>\n

Mckenzie Coughlin, an eighth grader at Wareham Middle School, was touched by Nature as she helped with the release.<\/p>\n