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KEMP’S RIDLEY SEA TURTLES & RED TIDE IN LOCAL WATERS

Name: KEMP’S RIDLEY SEA TURTLES & RED TIDE IN LOCAL WATERS
Start: 2015-02-19T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2015-02-19T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation

February 19, 2015 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle By FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Sanibel Rentals.

Adult Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle by Terry Ross, Sanibel Rentals.

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle By FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Sanibel Rentals.

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles In Sanibel & Captiva Waters!

Cost of the program is $5 per adult, with members and children attending for free.

“Jeff Schmid, Environmental Research Manager for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, has been gathering information about the world’s most endangered sea turtle in local waters for 10 plus years.

He has satellite tagged Kemp’s Ridleys, documenting their seasonal migrations in Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, and now in the Ten Thousand Islands.

Come and learn about the riddles of the Ridleys that live as juveniles in our estuary, including why red tide events affect them so detrimentally. Friday, January 30 at 10 a.m.”

For more information, please see SCCF.