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For ten years the Foundation has funded and conducted Boy and Girl Scout Marine Protection Seminars at the IGFA Hall of Fame in Dania Beach, Florida. Over 10,000 scouts, troop leaders and parents have attended the Marine Life Seminars conducted on site by our permanent sea turtle display located in the Hall of Fame.
The Foundation supports NOVA Southeastern University’s Sea Turtle Protection Program. Net proceeds from the Foundation’s Adopt-A-Nest Program support NOVA’s and Broward County, Florida’s, efforts.
The Foundation has supported marine biological research projects as far away as Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast carrying out its conservation mission through activities centered on the principles of education, protection and awareness.
It is our belief and our goal to continue to make a difference that we hope will have some measure of influence on coastal conservation and ecology in other parts of the world. Who can say that there is not already some young person in these last 25 years that has been influenced by the Foundation and its works to become a marine biologist or conservation advocate?
Someone will carry somewhere else on this planet the message he or she first heard at the National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation in Lauderdale By The Sea. Yes, today turtles come to shores that are safer for nesting and live in waters that are cleaner for swimming because of the Foundation’s efforts. But the indelible -and unquantifiable - mark this organization makes is on the spirit of its members and staff, who want to spread the message of ecological conservancy to everyone that will listen. The ripple effect will, perhaps, be that another species will be saved and another beach on some far shore will be cleaner.
This past year alone, the National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation has contributed $100,000.00, in an effort to help the sea turtle survive.
Among many global threats, green sea turtles are particularly susceptible to a viral disease known as fibropapillomatosis (FP), which is evidenced by the growth of cauliflower-shaped tumors usually around the base of the flippers and the eyes, and also within the body where they can't be seen and behave like a cancer.
In an effort to rid the tumors and save these turtles, the Foundation dedicated a brand new Aesculight surgical laser machine (Aesculight, LLC, Woodinville, WA) to the Palm Beach Zoo's Animal Care Complex in the memory of Ms. Suzanne Kemp, a long-time supporter of sea turtle conservation. The National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation also presented Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Inc. with a $25,000 check to support its new Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Program.
“The rehabilitation program will not only help sick and injured turtles but will raise public awareness of the threats these animals face. The program will add another layer to Boca Raton’s sea turtle research and conservation program which will greatly enhance our conservation efforts,” said Dr. Kirt Rusenko, Boca Raton Marine Conservationist.
And with funding from the National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation, Mr. Larry Wood purchased two transmitters. One was placed on an 80-pound Hawksbill turtle caught on Breakers Reef off the coast of West Pam Beach, FL. This turtle who has ee named Althea, has been caught twice previously by Mr Wood which suggests that this turtle is a resident of this area.
We would not be able to do any of this without the support and contributions of our many memers We than you for your support these past 25 years.