Nesting numbers adding up
With seven nests recorded by STPS surveyors on Friday of last week alone, the numbers are adding up this season. Please do your part and keep the beaches clean, flat, and dark for the...
Tagged: sea turtles
Vote for STPS
The Sea Turtle Preservation Society has an exciting opportunity to expand its educational programming and teach more of the community about sea turtle conservation, but the organization needs everyone’s vote to make it a...
KEEP BEACHES CLEAN, FLAT, AND DARK
By Caitlin Calabrese and Susan Skinner Residents and visitors can help to make our area as turtle friendly as possible by remembering to keep beaches clean, flat and dark from May 1 through Oct....
Swimming with Sea Turtles: Captive Edition
By Corri Osborne Editor’s Note: Here in Central Florida, we are most familiar with sea turtles on our beaches during nesting season, yet these marine creatures can be encountered in the water as well. Please...
A Rare Encounter
By Ashley Anderson Editor’s Note: Here in Central Florida, we are most familiar with sea turtles on our beaches during nesting season, yet these marine creatures can be encountered in the water as well. Please...
Unafraid: The Green Sea Turtles of La Jolla Cove
By Emily Skinner Editor’s Note: Here in Central Florida, we are most familiar with sea turtles on our beaches during nesting season, yet these marine creatures can be encountered in the water as well. Please...
Where Are The Sea Turtles?
By Megan Maynard Editor’s Note: Here in Central Florida, we are most familiar with sea turtles on our beaches during nesting season, yet these marine creatures can be encountered in the water as well....
Diving With Sea Turtles
By Katherine De Angelis Editor’s Note: Here in Central Florida, we are most familiar with sea turtles on our beaches during nesting season, yet these marine creatures can be encountered in the water as...
Scout’s project promotes sea turtle awareness
“To help other people at all times” is a basic tenet of the Boy Scouts of America. Boy Scout Alex Pulczinski recently had the added bonus of helping sea turtles when he undertook an...
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: Dan and Tondee Schaller
The first STPS Volunteers of the Month for 2020 are Dan and Tondee Schaller. Dan and Tondee have called Florida home since Dan retired after 30 years as an active U.S. Marine. While stationed...
