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2020 Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Season Recap

October 15, 2020

This year the Conservancy of Southwest Florida concluded its 38th season of loggerhead sea turtle nest monitoring on Keewaydin Island. Since the program’s inception, Conservancy biologists have collected samples and…

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So, You Want to Work with Sea Turtles?

August 4, 2020

The Making of a Blister By Leif Johnson The pump shut off with a clang that echoed in the empty gas station, jolting me awake from thoughts of sea turtles…

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Conservancy python team joins forces with federal agencies

July 15, 2020

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced they have teamed up to radio-track Burmese pythons…

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Recapture of a Lifetime

April 27, 2020

By Conservancy Research Manager Dr. Jeff Schmid Early in my career, Larry Ogren would tell me our investigations of free-ranging marine turtles in the waters of western Florida were long-term…

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