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Florida Related Action Alerts and Press Releases

Sea Turtle Survival League

Issues Related to Florida's Coastal Management Policies

Explore the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge on Florida's east coast

NESTS Certification Program

Florida's Sea Turtle Nesting Data

Florida's Coastal Habitats

Florida Sea Turtle Grants Program

Things to remember during sea turtle nesting season

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Florida Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Projects

Florida Related Articles from the Velador Newsletter

Florida Related Action Alerts and Sea Turtle News

Action Alerts
Press Releases

National Effort to Protect Sea Turtle Beaches Gathers Steam. Conservation Groups Join to Protect the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge. August 20, 2001

Support Federal Funding for the Archie Carr National Wildlife March 8, 2000

UPDATE! Funding for the Archie Carr Refuge being decided! Please contact Senators Graham and Mack as soon as possible!!! October 4, 1999

Congress Passes a Bad Bill to Reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resource System June 15, 1999

Legislative Update- Your Help is still needed in Agency Merger! April 22, 1999

Sea Turtles Need Our Help- Amend House Bill 2145. The Agency Merger Issue Continues. April 2, 1999

Agency merger to Impact Florida's Sea Turtle Protection Program February 26, 1999

Congress Wants Taxpayers Pay for Beach Development Septemeber 9, 1998

Developers May Win Subsidies. Taxpayers, Sea Turtles, and Environment Would Lose. June 30, 1998

Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches and Coastal Barrier Islands Under Attack, Again! June 25, 1998

Florida's beaches and sea turtles continue to be threatened by attacks on CBRS. June 5, 1998

STSL puts the spotlight on Volusia County's failure to adequately protect sea turtles. April 2, 1998

Your help needed to protect turtles nesting in Daytona Beach, Florida! March 23,1998

Critical nesting beach threatened by illegal sea wall! March 18,1998

Archie Carr Refuge up for Reranking on December 5th! November 18, 1997

It's No Shell Game, Turtle Plate Funds Help Sea Turtles Survive September 19, 2003

Florida's Sea Turtle Grants Program to be managed by world's oldest sea turtle conservation group July 1, 2003

Costa Rica Asks Governor Bush to Protect Florida's Sea Turtle Habitats November 20, 2002

FL and GA Senators Support Larger TED Proposal August, 2002

Florida Businesses Awarded for Being 'Sea Turtle Friendly' June 27, 2002

Sea Turtle Survival League Works With Groups Around Florida to Provide Educational Materials February 15, 2002

Aquarina Parcels in Archie Carr Refuge Purchased January 16, 2002

Sea Turtle Specialty License Plate Makes Good On Its Promise October 2, 2001

Sea Turtle Survival League and coastal conservation groups present Coastal Friendly Awards for first time March 14, 2001

Critically endangered leatherback turtle from Costa Rica makes rare visit to Florida January 29, 2001

Volvo's TV-Ad Turtle Donated to World's Oldest Sea Turtle Conservation Group January 19, 2001

Land Acquisition Funds for the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge November 1, 2000

Florida Cabinet Honors Sea Turtle Protection Volunteers and Designates June through October as "Sea Turtle Protection Months" in Florida June 13, 2000

Court Upholds Constitutionally Mandated Protection of Florida's Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtles, Manatees, and Other Marine Species. March 10, 2000

Tens of thousands of Florida's sea turtle hatchlings lost to Hurricane Floyd. September 21, 1999

STSL and SMC take Legal Action to Ensure Constitutional Protection of Florida's Threatened and Endangered Marine Species. August 3, 1999

Florida Cabinet Designates "Sea Turtle Protection Months" and Honors Caribbean Conservation Corporation for its Forty Years of Sea Turtle Conservation May 25, 1999

Sea Turtle Group Applauds Pompano Beach on New Lighting Ordinance February 10, 1999

566 sea turtles found dead along Florida shores from January to June 1998; boat/sea turtle collisions twice that of previous ten-year average August 31, 1998

Sea Turtle Survival League to Launch New Educational Program May 20, 1998

Florida Legislature Passes Resolution Recognizing the Severity of a Disease Threatening Endangered Sea Turtles; Urges More Studies into the Problem May 5, 1998

For more information about any of these issues call STSL at (352) 373-6441. You can also email STSL at stsl@cccturtle.org


Read Florida related articles from CCC's newsletter, the Velador

Florida Legislature's website has the complete wording of bills and allows you to track their progress

Contact information for Florida House of Representatives

Contact information for the Florida Senate


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