
Carole Allen, Gulf Office Director of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project asked the Texas Parks andWildlife Commission at its August 20 meeting in Houston to provide more protection and funding…
Carole Allen, Gulf Office Director of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project asked the Texas Parks andWildlife Commission at its August 20 meeting in Houston to provide more protection and funding…
State Legislators take action to reduce preventable exposure to methylmercury in seafood Assembly Joint Resolution 57 (AJR57) introduced in April by Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), and co-authored by Assemblymember’s…
The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), with funding from the Marin Community Foundation, has launched its Stormwater Catchment and Water Conservation Initiative for Marin County residences and businesses. The…
ABAG Priority conservation areas are areas of regional significance that have broad community support and an urgent need for protection. These areas provide important agricultural, natural resource, historical, scenic, cultural, recreational, and/or ecological values and ecosystem functions. Knowing the region’s conservation priorities for targeting acquisition efforts will promote collaboration and investment in these areas that are critical to the region’s quality of life and ecological diversity.
Recent scientific evidence shows climate change is changing the fundamental biology of Pacific leatherback turtles–not tomorrow, but today–and making these 100-million-year-old sea turtles more vulnerable to longline and drift gillnet…
Sea turtle groups, nesting beach volunteers, and researchers support national effort to stop weak rules proposed by federal fishery agency Today sea turtle conservationists from across the country joined other…
Not only are loggerhead nests nearing a record-high in Georgia, far fewer dead sea turtles are washing up on shore. Read the Jacksonville newspaper article. No doubt there are many…
The fact that the Hawaii swordfish and tuna longline fisheries ensnare many imperiled leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles is well documented. The impact of the Hawaiian longline fisheries on other…
Ocean Protection Group Seeks Investigation of National Marine Fisheries Service for Lobbying Against West Coast Sea Turtle Protection Today the Sea Turtle Restoration Project filed papers seeking an investigation into…
Dozens of seabirds, rare whales, dolphins and sea turtles die in swordfish and tuna fisheries during the past three months So far this year, Hawaii’s longline fisheries have proven to…