The Baby Turtle Brigade

[Bobbie Ireland]

Amazing! Action to save Loggerhead Turtles after the BP oil disaster. A few good people... And something I had not heard about.

...There, after hatching, the baby turtles would be released into the oil-free Atlantic. When I arrived in Alabama in late July, tens of thousands of turtle eggs, from hundreds of nests, were already in the process of being relocated — all during a point in their development when even a slight jolt to the egg could be lethal. In short, America was orchestrating the migration of an entire generation of sea turtles, slow and steady, overland, in a specially outfitted FedEx truck...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/magazine/03turtles-t.html?ref=earth

[MAK]

 

[Amy V.]

I read this in today's NYT.  Amazing what a group of dedicated volunteers can do.  Rochester Falcon people obviously already know that.  I also love how the governmental organizations now count on these volunteer groups for very necessary assistance AND expertise!