World Turtle News, 11/27/2016

Red Cliffs project to restore burned tortoise habitat

Mohave desert landscapes are not adapted to wildfire because plants and shrubs were too widely spread to carry a fire very far. However, invasive annual species such as cheat grass now provide a continuous fuel source that can fuel fires which take decades or centuries to heal. This week, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources staff along with AmeriCorps volunteers have been busy putting 1,000 plants in the ground in a 100-acre plot off Cottonwood Road. It is hoped that container-grown native species planted in groups will survive and form islands which will then seed and spread to the surrounding areas. Click the link to read more about this project…

Turtle News From Around the World

Conservation

Australia:- Coast couple on a mission to help the turtles

Crime & Punishment

Pakistan:- Engro pays money for marine conservation but is busy polluting turtle nesting sites?

China:- Hundreds of seaturle shells intercepted after being smuggled into china

Ecology

Australia:- More than 25,000 green turtles to arrve on Raine Island for nesting season

Costa Rica:- Thousands of sea turtles arrive for nesting season

India:- Olive Ridleys emerge at Gahiramatha for annual mass nesting

Health & Medical

USA:- 25 stranded sea turtles rescued from cold waters of Cape Cod

Malta:- Two rescued loggerhead turtles released

USA:- Guest speakers talk about study results on the impact of plastic on Logger Head Turtles:- Audio

India:- Male sea turtle washed ashore

Sea Turtle rescued by the Nowegian NCIS:- Video

Miscellany

This definitive rating of turtle emoji is extremely strong

From the Library…

Stolen World: A Tale of Reptiles, Smugglers, and Skulduggery

One of the book picks in the Pondcast episode 23

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Photo from Julie Applegate, St. George News.

WTN Editor

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