Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The center hosts astronomy nights, [7] guided beach walks, [8] Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs, Eco Tours (SWIM), [9] evening turtle walks, [10] hatchling releases, [11] a marine summer camp program, [12] sea turtle releases, [13] water quality monitoring, [14] beach cleanups [2] and many other education programs, activities and events.
Located in Malibu, California, ATR is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. [1] Since its founding in 1990 by husband and wife team Marshall Thompson and Susan Tellem, ATR has rescued over 1,000 turtles and 2,000 tortoises. The organization's in-house population "floats" at about 125 animals. [1]
In 2010, the Fish Sanctuary launched the Oracabessa Bay Sea Turtle Project, which monitors and protects critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles on the Oracabessa Bay beach and in the area. Due to the success of the project, over 100 nests and 16,000 hatchlings are now recorded each year. Visitors to "Turtle" beach can witness a nest release ...
Turtles have sturdily marched, climbed and swum through time for millions of years. A rescue league offers aid in a time of human-made challenges. A haven for hard tops: Turtle Rescue League in ...
Dietrich dives in and goes to work untangling the rope -- possibly part of a fishing net -- from around the turtle's flipper. Once free, the sea turtle turns and begins to swim away. But then, an ...
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary is a marine sanctuary located off the coast of California. It protects an area of 1,286 sq mi (3,331 km 2 ) of marine wildlife. The administrative center of the sanctuary is on an offshore granite outcrop 4.5 sq mi (12 km 2 ) by 9.5 sq mi (25 km 2 ), located on the continental shelf off of California.
The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a sanctuary off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in Southern California 350 miles (563 km) south of San Francisco and 95 miles (153 km) north of Los Angeles. It was designated on October 2, 1980, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and was expanded in 2007. [2]
The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary team coordinates more than 200 volunteers to rescue cold-stunned turtles during the season, which usually spans from November to January. "It's extraordinary ...