Coast & Ocean Winter 2002–2003 Our Turtle Coast

To learn more about sea turtles, organizations working to protect them, and to find out what you can do, check out these web sites. You will find photographs, migration maps, descriptions of various projects, and opportunities to volunteer.

Sea Turtle Restoration Network: www.seaturtles.org/about_strp.html

Sea Turtle Conservation Network of the Californias (includes records of the Sea Turtles of the Pacific Tracking Project): http://cccturtle.org/sat14.htm

Turtle Trax (Hawaiian marine turtle site): www.turtles.org

Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute: www.hswri.org

WiLDCOAST: www.wildcoast-usa.com/index2.asp

Defenders of Wildlife (10 things you can do to help protect marine environments): www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/marine/10.html

A Turtle Story for Children

Chelonia—Return of the Sea Turtle, by Dawn E. Navarro, Robert E. Snodgrass, and Wallace J. Nichols, (Sea Challengers, 2000)
for ages 6 and up.

Sea Turtle Tours

Hike Bike Kayak San Diego offers kayak tours with turtle-watching opportunities: www.hbksandiego.com/new3893.html

Info on turtle tours at Cuyutlán Turtle Sanctuary in Colima, Mexico: www.gomanzanillo.com.

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