Beach Ambassadors
Laurie Reichenbach has picked up trash as she walks South Walton’s beaches ever since before she even moved here. One day in late spring she posted on Facebook asking if there was any interest in forming a beach ambassador group to help educate visitors about beach matters. Her idea was simple: she and a group of interested volunteers would simply wear T-shirts with the words “Beach Ambassador” printed on them, and answer any questions visitors might have. Read more about how this idea has blossomed by clicking the link…
You will probably want to check out the Plainville story as that resident is very familiar.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Plainville resident helps lead turtle conservation effort
Pacific Leatherback Conservation Day: Their Future is in Our Hands
Crime & Punishment
St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation to step up its controls on beach
Shell-shocked: Officials find 199 rare tortoises, turtles in UAE fliers’ bags
Man pleads guilty to taking sea turtles
Education
Teacher writes ‘The ABC’s of Sea Turtles’
Adventure Aquarium Announces Results from Record-Breaking Sea Turtle Awareness Weekend
Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Kathryn McGarry gets up close with the turtles at Peterborough’s Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre
Health & Medical
A new life at sea for injured turtles
Miscellany
The Native American Box Turtle Connection
Species Facts…
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) has the widest distribution, reaching as far north as Alaska and Norway and as far south as Cape Agulhas in Africa and the southernmost tip of New Zealand and is found in all tropical and subtropical oceans
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Photo from Friends of South Walton Sea Turtles.
