Public Invited to Sea Turtle Saturday on March 3, 2007

Galveston, Texas – Help Endangered Animals – Ridley Turtles (HEART) and Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) will host Sea Turtle Saturday in Galveston on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at the Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island.  The public is invited to learn about sea turtle conservation and research, tour the NOAA Fisheries sea turtle facility, and take part in training for sea turtle patrolling on Texas beaches. To view the event program in PDF format, click here: Sea Turtle Saturday Program(PDF)

 

Presentations will be made by Dr. Andre M. Landry, Jr. of TAMUG, Dr. Donna Shaver of the National Park Service at the Padre Island National Seashore, Dr. Joe Flanagan of the Houston Zoo, and Ben Higgins of NOAA Fisheries.

 

Dr. Charles W. Caillouet Jr. will be honored for his years of research, publication, and contribution toward the recovery of the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.  Dr. Caillouet retired from NOAA Fisheries in Galveston.

 

For more information about sea turtles please visit www.ridleyturtles.org or www.seaturtles.org.