BALTIMORE, Md. — The turtles that hang out on the Harbor Point campus of the Living Classrooms Foundation, in a spot now known as "Turtle Island," aren't just a crowd favorite among the young students here. A lot of people who live and work around Harbor East have grown to adore their reptilian neighbors too.

So much so, that during a Thursday news conference when city and state officials provided an update on the efforts to clean up the 2,000 gallon diesel fuel spill, a Harbor East resident came to the microphone with this question:

"I know this is home to Turtle Island. There's a lot of turtles over here, and I always see a lot of ducks over here, um, so the wildlife is important to me because it's one of the many things that I enjoy about this neighborhood. What are those efforts look

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