
Upcoming Events of Note:
* April 3, 2008: General Membership Meeting: Sustainable Seafood and Agriculture Panel
* April 5th, 2008: Beach Cleanup
* May 1, 2008: General Membership Meeting: Mosquito Wars: Professor Gordon Patterson.
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The
Sea Turtle Preservation Society
The Sea Turtle
Preservation Society Welcomes You To Join in Protecting and Preserving
These Protected Animals
The Sea Turtle Preservation Society (STPS) is a
not-for-profit organization. STPS relies on the donations from the
public, its membership, and the efforts of its dedicated volunteers.
Our active volunteers are permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, Bureau of Imperiled Species, and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service to work with endangered and threatened sea turtles.
STPS is not, however, and enforcement agency.
The purpose of our organization is to educate the public about marine
turtles. STPS reaches thousands of people each year through
public
presentations, exhibits at area events, and by our turtle watches
during the sea turtle nesting season.
The society's goal is to help maintain the current sea turtle
population and to prevent a potentially irreversible decline in that
population through:
- Reducing
disturbances and harassment of nesting
sea turtles by public education about the hazards of nighttime beach
activities, habitat destruction, and beach lighting.
- Increasing
the hatchling survival rate by educating the public about the impact of
lighting, beach debris, habitat destruction, and marine pollution.
- Supporting
the Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge Fund
- Rehabilitating
hatchling sea turtles, and when required, transporting injured sea
turtles to rehabilitation facilities for eventual release back into
their natural environment.
- Contributing
data to the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network.
- Participating
in Keep Brevard Beautiful, Adopt-A-Beach program by performing monthly
beach clean-up activities
- Conducting
a nest survey project
- Distributing
our quarterly Turtle
Talk newsletter
- General
monthly meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM,
call for locations ( or check the Event
Calendar).
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