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SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program

The SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program is responsible for managing and protecting sea turtles in the state of South Carolina, USA. This program has several all encompassing components: management, monitoring, research, and education. More specifically this program provides technical expertise on anthropogenic activities that have the potential to impact sea turtles (i.e., nourishment, dredging), locates and protects sea turtle nests (~300 km of coastline), documents strandings, performs necropsies on fresh dead strandings, works with the SC Aquarium to provide rehablitation for live strandings, monitors nearshore waters for leatherbacks, and provides as much education, outreach and exchange of scientific information as time allows.

Working with sea turtles since 2000

John H. Phipps Biological Field Station and Visitors' Center

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

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WWW Link: http://www.cccturtle.org

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For over 50 years, Caribbean Conservation Corporation has conducted sea turtle nest monitoring studies on the 21 mile black sand beach of Tortuguero, Costa Rica, the nesting site of more endangered green turtles than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. Since being initiated by Dr. Archie Carr in the 1950s, this monitoring program has provided much information on the reproductive ecology and migratory habits of sea turtles. Researchers and volunteers, who are based at CCC's John H. Phipps Biological Field Station, continue to monitor nesting trends, growth rates and reproductive success. Through this conservation initiative, CCC has reversed the decline of green turtles in the Caribbean.

Not only does CCC carry out a variety of research initiatives in the region, it offers people around the world the opportunity to join CCC in Tortuguero as Sea Turtle Research Participants in its leatherback or green turtle monitoring project. Each year, turtle-lovers migrate to this tropical paradise to participate in our hands-on research programs at the edge of the Costa Rican rain forest. You can be a part of CCC's efforts to conserve these ancient nomads by participating in a field research program.

Organization Type: Non-profit

Activities: Conservation, Education, Monitoring, Research, Turtle Tours

Submitted: 2008-04-25 10:31:40
Last Modified: 2008-04-25 10:38:45

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