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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015
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Alex Tallman, a student at Astoria High School, struggles to hold on to a northern red-legged frog he found during a monitoring event at
the Airport Mitigation Wetland Friday. It was the 18th year the monitoring event has been held, using students with Astoria High School’s
ninth-grade Integrated Science classes. More photos online at www.dailyastorian.com
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Julie Tennis, a local beekeeper, left, Piper Brown, center, and Emily
Waddington, right, try to catch bees with nets during a monitoring
event at the Airport Mitigation Wetland Friday.
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fish caught in a monitoring trap.
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