Speaking of Sea Turtles (1 Viewer)

[CBBSteve]

For several years, I have been a volunteer at Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) in Galveston. Me and a partner patrol west beach every Tuesday morning looking for turtle nests. We finally found a Kemp's Ridley nesting a couple of weeks ago. She laid 124 eggs. The eggs were successfully collected and the turtle was tagged and had blood and tissue samples collected by a team of scientists from Texas A&M Galveston. The eggs were transported to Padre Island National Seashore for incubation and release. So far, there have been 4 Kemp's Ridley nests on the upper Texas coast, 3 on Galveston and 1 on Boliver.
The Kemp's Ridley is our most endangered sea turtle.

That's me in the orange shirt trying to hold her still so the A&M guys could do their work.



Good luck,
Steve

 

[sneezebeetle]

Wow Steve, that is some pretty awesome stuff there!

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[johntdaballa]

My friend also works for TIRN hopefully we can get together sometimes for this !!! Great work Steve


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[steveb]

Wow Steve thanks for the post!

Any chance you could forward a contact for TIRN. Would be neat if we could find someone that would be willing to do a presentation for the club.

 

[sneezebeetle]

Wow Steve thanks for the post!

Any chance you could forward a contact for TIRN. Would be neat if we could find someone that would be willing to do a presentation for the club.

Great idea Steve!

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[Mark L.]

Thanks Steve! This is so awesome. I love sea turtles.

Great idea Steveb. Bringing in a speaker would be fun.

 

[CBBSteve]

Any chance you could forward a contact for TIRN. Would be neat if we could find someone that would be willing to do a presentation for the club.

Hi, Steve.
Clear your PM inbox and I'll send it to you.

 

[steveb]

Hey Steve I cleared it out..