FILE - In this Sept., 30, 2015 file photo released by the U.S. Marines Corps, Combat Center Chief of Staff, Col. James F. Harp releases a tortoise during the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center's Desert Tortoise Headstart Program, near Twentynine Palms, Cailf. Federal authorities have approved a plan to move nearly 1,500 desert tortoises from a Southern California Marine base. The removal could begin at the end of March or in April 2017, after the reptiles emerge from their underground winter hibernation. (Lauren Kurkimilis/U.S. Marines Corps via AP, File)
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