Turtle Island Restoration Network delivered more than 3,800 petitions to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) supporting greater protections for Atlantic bluefin tuna populations. After five years of work by Turtle Island, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and our partners, on Dec. 2, 2014, NOAA Fisheries officially announced new, stricter regulations for the U.S. Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery.
hearing in a historic lawsuit brought by American and Japanese conservation groups to halt construction of a controversial U.S. military airstrip in Okinawa, Japan will be held Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The airstrip would pave over some of the last remaining habitat for endangered Okinawa dugongs, gentle marine mammals related to manatees.
HERO: Turtle Island Restoration Network, a conservation organization headquartered in Olema, plans to file a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act to reinstate rules to protect endangered sperm whales from…
Due to unusual cold spells in early November, as of November 21st more than 400 cold-stunned sea turtles – mostly Kemp’s ridleys and loggerheads – were recovered from shorelines of Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. This is triple the amount of turtles from 2013.
Comment deadline looms: Tell EPA to keep nuclear out of Clean Power Plan Organizations: Sign-on to letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy The EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan is looming and…
As the 2015 Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nesting season approaches, you’ll want to make plans to attend this event presented by Galveston Island Nature Tourism Council (GINTC) to learn about and celebrate the sea turtle. You will also find out how you can become involved in helping preserve this extremely endangered species.
