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Published on: 5/21/2005
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University of Central Florida research associate Dean Bagley, left, in shadow, takes a photograph of Quantum Resources senior environmental specialist Mike Bresette and Hillary, a "sub-adult" green turtle they released into the ocean on Friday after attaching a satellite transmitter to its shell to track its travel patterns.
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Bresette, left, and Bagley apply layers of fiberglass cloth and resin to affix a $1,700 satellite transmitter to the shell of Hillary, who was caught in the intake canal at the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant on Hutchinson Island on Friday.
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Bagley and Michael Bresette, a senior environmental specialist with Quantum Resources, attached the tag to the turtle after it was caught earlier in the day in the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant's intake canal.
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Federal permit secured, Bresette and Bagley sanded the turtle's shell to remove any flaky material.
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"If you don't know where these turtles are going, you're missing a big piece of the puzzle," Bresette said.