Sea turtles not being sucked into Florida’s Power & Light plant
At Florida Power & Light, our sea turtle conservation program has been helping researchers study and protect these special animals for 40 years. Almost every day, sea turtles enter the intake pipes that run from the ocean to a canal outside our St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, where they can be retrieved and examined by biologists. In a recent report, Treasure Coast Newspapers described this as turtles being “sucked into the plant.” However, the intake pipe draws water in at less than 1 mph. Click the link to read more about how they help sea turtles…
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
“Thunder On Cocoa Beach” Super Boat Race Avoids Sea Turtles
Marine spatial planning addresses turtle-fishing conflict in T’ganu
Marco Island Florida and local beaches weekly sea turtle stats
A video of the sea turtle release at the Jekyll Island events
Miscellany
Fascinating to watch as Gopherus polyphemus lollygags the day away
This Week In Turtles…
It’s World Turtle day 23rd May, that’s next Monday. What are you doing to #shellebrate? It has been sponsored yearly since 2000 by the American Tortoise Rescue.
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Photo from LEAH VOSS/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS.
