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CCC News Releases
HOLIDAY PRESS RELEASES:
Giving Back to The Environment This Earth Day April
Take Your Love To New Depths
Adopt An Endangered Sea Turtle For Your Sweetheart February
Adopt a Turtle for Mom on Mother's Day May
This Father's Day, give Dad an especially meaningful gift June
Looking for a Halloween costume? Dress as an endangered sea turtle October
Adopt an Endangered Sea Turtle for the Holidays December
PRESS RELEASES:
Tour de Turtles Continues Despite Tropical Storm Fay August 21, 2008
Bush Administration fails to protect sea turtles yet again July 8, 2008
CCC and its partners release cutting edge report on protecting Florida's coastal resources. Read "Preparing for a Sea Change in Florida – A strategy to Cope with the Impacts of Global Warming." May, 2008
Sea Turtles Prepare to Storm the Beaches; Friendly Allies Receive Financial Reinforcements May 1, 2008
Barrier Island Sanctuary Management & Education Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Announced April, 2008
Conservation Group Releases Video on Coastal Issues February, 2008
Scientists Publish Good News for Green Turtles December 19, 2007
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Hits Record Low in Florida November, 2007
CCC Researchers Travel to Nevis to Track Two New Hawksbills July 31, 2007
Turtle Travel: The Cure for the Common Vacation July 17, 2007
Comprehensive Beach Preservation Bill Passes In Favor of the Beach-Going Public and Coastal Wildlife May 4, 2007
Highly Collectible Vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Posters Offered to Promote Sea Turtle Conservation April 11, 2007
Caribbean Conservation Corporation Receives Royal Caribbean Ocean Fund Grant to Produce Educational Videos about Sea Turtles and the Archie Carr Refuge March 30, 2007
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting in Steep Decline November 9, 2006
Batteries Not Necessary: Adopt an Endangered Sea Turtle for Someone You Love, and Give a Year-long Commitment to the Future November, 2006
CCC's Sea Turtle Tracking Program Celebrates Its 10th Year July, 2006
Internet Web-Cast of a Sea Turtle Nesting in Archie Carr Refuge July, 2006
Marine Turtle Conservation Act Funding Update July, 2006
Fourth Year of Caribbean Leatherback Tracking & Conservation Project June, 2006
CCC and Villa Montana Resort in Puerto Rica launch sea turtle education program. June, 2006
Adopt a Turtle for Mom on Mother's Day May, 2006
Florida Sea Turtle Plate Grants Awarded for 2006 April, 2006
Conservation Groups Join Costa Rica in Condemning Illegal Shipment of Green Turtles to Europe April, 2006
Turtle Plate Funds Help Florida's Sea Turtles Survive September 1, 2005
Ancient Mariners Phone Home July 12, 2005
Scientists startled by Florida loggerhead turtle decline January 21, 2005
Four Seasons Resort Nevis Launches Sea Turtle Adoption
& Education Program January 20, 2005
Long-Awaited Plan to Protect Sea Turtles By Regulating the Use of Sea Walls at Important Nesting Beaches in Florida Gains Federal Approval December 2, 2004
Sea Turtle Conservation in Developing World to Be Funded July 7, 2004
Long-Term Conservation Effort Offers Hope for Sea Turtles July 1, 2004
Florida Congressmen Support Landmark Legislation to Save the World's Endangered Sea Turtles June 15, 2004
Disney And Some Of Florida's Most Prominent Conservaton Groups Join Forces To Help Protect Sea Turtles June 10, 2004
Diving Company Supports CCC's Efforts to Save Endangered Sea Turtles June 7, 2004
U.S. Ocean Commission Report Ignores Sea Turtles June 1, 2004
It's No Shell Game, Turtle Plate Funds Help Sea Turtles Survive September 19, 2003
National TV Show Spotlights Caribbean Conservation Corporation August 8, 2003
Turtle House Foundation established within the world's oldest sea turtle conservation group July 22, 2003
Florida's Sea Turtle Grants Program to be managed by world's oldest sea turtle conservation group July 1, 2003
Kids Can Track the Migrations of Real Sea Turtles; Like the Ones in the Most Recent Walt Disney Pictures Presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios Film, "Finding Nemo" June 12, 2003
Space-Age Technology Helps Protect Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles June 12, 2003
CCC Supports New Turtle Excluder Device Rules Approved by NMFS to Protect Sea Turtles February 21, 2003
Sea Turtle Researchers and Conservation Groups Ask U.N. to Protect Leatherbacks from Longline Fisheries February 20, 2003
Costa Rica Asks Governor Bush to Protect Florida's Sea Turtle Habitats November 20, 2002
Cayman Islands Turtle Farm Proposal Fails at CITES November 14, 2002
Cayman Islands Hatches Scheme to Export Endangered Sea Turtle Products November 7, 2002
Costa Rica Provides a World Example for Sea Turtle Protection October 16, 2002
Wanted: Environmental Heroes Who Will Make a Difference, While Having the Adventure of a Lifetime September 20, 2002
FL and GA Senators Support Larger TED Proposal August, 2002
Florida Businesses Awarded for Being 'Sea Turtle Friendly' June 27, 2002
Costa Rica's outgoing Minister of the Environment and Energy Rejects Oil Company's Appeal May 15, 2002
Costa Rican Authorities Reject Oil Exploration Along Caribbean Coast, Potential Impacts on Sea Turtles a Major Consideration March 4, 2002
Sea Turtle Survival League Works With Groups Around Florida to Provide Educational Materials February 15, 2002
Aquarina Parcels in Archie Carr Refuge Purchased January 16, 2002
"Miss Junie" Captured and Killed by Turtle Fishermen off the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua January 7, 2002
Costa Rican Sea Turtle Conservation Network Confiscates Illegal Hawksbill Turtle Jewelry January 3, 2002
Sea Turtle Specialty License Plate Makes Good On Its Promise October 2, 2001
CCC & VOA Sponsor Sea Turtle Research Program in Costa Rica for Twelve U.S. Teachers and Students August 24, 2001
Xcacel has been saved August 13, 2001
Bush's Former Oil Company Threatens Endangered Sea Turtles in Costa Rica: 800 turtle scientists issue plea April 4, 2001
Xcacel project suspended by Environment Ministry April 27, 2001
Sea Turtle Survival League and Coastal Conservation Groups Present Coastal Friendly Awards for first time March 14, 2001
Critically Endangered Leatherback Turtle from Costa Rica Makes Rare Visit to Florida January 29, 2001
Volvo's TV-Ad Turtle Donated to World's Oldest Sea Turtle Conservation Group January 19, 2001
Land Acquisition Funds for the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge November 1, 2000
President Clinton Signs Sea Turtle Protection Treaty October 13, 2000
U.S. Congress Ratifies Sea Turtle Protection Treaty October 8, 2000
Cyber-Age Turtles to Cruise the Caribbean July 18, 2000
Florida Cabinet Honors Sea Turtle Protection Volunteers and Designates June through October as "Sea Turtle Protection Months" in Florida June 13, 2000
Cuba's Requests to Reopen Hawksbill Trade Defeated April 18, 2000
Hawksbill Proposals are a Croc April 13, 2000
Court Upholds Constitutionally Mandated Protection of Florida's Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtles, Manatees, and Other Marine Species March 10, 2000
Does the "E" in ebay.com stand for "Endangered Species" January 10, 2000
Tens of Thousands of Florida's Sea Turtle Hatchlings Lost to Hurricane Floyd September 21, 1999
STSL and SMC Take Legal Action to Ensure Constitutional Protection of Florida's Threatened and Endangered Marine Species August 3, 1999
Florida Cabinet Designates "Sea Turtle Protection Months" and Honors Caribbean Conservation Corporation for its Forty Years of Sea Turtle Conservation May 25, 1999
Lawsuit Victory Halts Legal Killing of Green Sea Turtles in Costa Rica March 11, 1999
Sea Turtle Group Applauds Pompano Beach on New Lighting Ordinance February 10, 1999
Forty-year Sea Turtle Conservation Effort in Costa Rica Produces Results February 1, 1999
Federal Judge Allows Sea Turtle Smuggler to Return to Costa Rica With No Penalty January 11, 1999
Fishery Council Votes to Ban the Harvest of Sargassum Sea Weed December 14, 1998
566 Sea Turtles Found Dead Along Florida Shores from January to June 1998;
Boat/Sea Turtle Collisions Twice that of Previous Ten-year Average August 31, 1998
Rehabilitated Sea Turtle to be Set Free with Satellite Transmitter Allowing its Migration to be Tracked by the Public on the Internet August 17, 1998
Two-week USFWS Sting Operation Nets 12 People Smuggling Sea Turtle Meat, Eggs Into the U.S. August 4, 1998
Sea Turtle Survival League to Launch New Educational Program May 20, 1998
Florida Legislature Passes Resolution Recognizing the Severity of a Disease Threatening Endangered Sea Turtles; Urges More Studies into the Problem May 5, 1998
International Agreement for the Conservation of Caribbean Sea Turtles Set to be Signed by the Presidents of Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua May 5, 1998
For more information about any of these issues call CCC at (352) 373-6441. You can also email CCC at ccc@cccturtle.org
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