Vehicles to be banned from Fort Matanzas beach

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-10-27/story/vehicles_to_be_banned_from_fort_matanzas_beach

Fewer Sea Turtle Nests On Volusia Co. Coast

http://www.wftv.com/news/21427915/detail.html

62 Cold-stunned Babies Released in Flagler Beach

This "cold " morning, while on patrol, Libby and Roz came to FB47 which had emerged during the nite and they rescued 62 little hatchlings that had been cold stunned. They were just laying on the beach looking bad. They found 62 of them and Libby took them home to warm up and by 2:30PM they were ready to go go go!!!! Very cool!!!! The nest belongs to Mary Narin.

Thanks, Lori

Sea Turtle Halloween Pumpkin Pattern

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/actCtrImg/c01158487.pdf

Courtesy of HP & WWF

More WWF stencils to choose from:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acProject?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&extcat=halloweenprojects&project=wwfpumpkincarvingstencils

Tell Congress: Sea Turtles Need More Protection to Survive

The long term survival of sea turtles is in jeopardy because of destructive
fishing practices, habitat degradation and climate change. All six species
found in U.S. waters have spent the last three decades listed as “threatened” or
“endangered” but signs of recovery are few and far between.
Urge your
representatives to support new, comprehensive protections for sea turtles that
will work on the land and at sea. The continued existence of sea turtles
depends on it.

http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25228

FB 44 was cleaned last nite and it was wonderful!! Sophies nest was a great
success!! We released 10 loggerhead hatchlings into a calm ocean and they all
happily swam away to live a seaturtles life. The nest was really successful as a
whole. The total count was 7 live, 3 pipped live( which means that
they were just coming out of the shell when we found them),4 unhatched eggs, 1
egg that looked infertile, 4 that didn't make it and 116 hatched shells. So out
of the 135 eggs that were in your nest a total of 126 baby turtles
made it out of the nest alive. It just doesn't get a whole lot better then
that!! Thank you Sophie for adopting this nest. Sorry you couldn't be
here but we named one of the hatchlings Sophie in your honor. Enjoy the pictures
and hope to see you again next year when you come to visit.
If you have any
questions or want any more information, just email me. I do have some seaturtle
puzzles and information sheets that I can send to you in the mail if you want me
to. Just send me your home address and I will mail it out.

Thank you for loving our seaturtles the way we
do!!!

Lori and the Flagler Turtle Patrol