In early October, Turtle Island Restoration Network coordinated the rescue of a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that was found hooked and entangled in a mixture of fishing line,…
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Critically endangered leatherback sea turtles are drowned and killed by commercial fisheries, such as longlines and driftnets, as incidental bycatch. Entangled in fishing line or net, leatherbacks struggle to swim…
Pacific Leatherback Conservation Day falls on October 15 and this year, environmental activists are taking to social media to raise awareness of the rapidly declining species. Less than 50 years…
If you live in the Gulf or visited our beaches over the past decade, you most likely have had an experience with seaweed. Even though it sometimes disrupts our surfing,…
Congress introduced critical legislation this month to repeal new regulations that dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act, or ESA. Introduced by House Natural Resources Chairman Raul Grijalva (AZ) and Senator…
Turtle Island Restoration Network will join millions across the world Friday in kicking off what could be the largest global mobilization against climate breakdown. On Sept. 20, three days before…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2019 Press Contact: Joanie Steinhaus joanie@seaturtles.org (512) 417-7741 New Sea Turtle Statues Announced at Galveston Gala GALVESTON—Turtle Island Restoration Network and Clay Cup Studios are…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2019 Contact: Jaclyn Lopez, (727) 490-9190, jlopez@biologicaldiversity.org Todd Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Richard Whitecloud, (954) 770-2344, richard.whitecloud@seaturtleop.net Lawsuit Launched to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat…
Leatherbacks are not the only sea turtle species to eat plastic that resembles their jellyfish prey. New research from the University of Exeter has found strong evidence that green turtles…
Decades-old EPA Limits Require Update As Plastic Production Booms Turtle Island Restoration Network joined more than 270 community and conservation organizations to file a legal petition in July that demands…