Get In the Know with the Sea Turtle Protection Zone

Join us this winter at the annual CCI Lecture Series!

We are excited to welcome you to these in-person events at Blowing Rocks Preserve inside the Hawley Education Center's Classroom.

If registration is full, be sure to click the "Get Tickets" button to sign-up on our waitlist!

• All lectures are FREE of charge and fill up quickly.
• Advance registration is required and space is limited.
• Light refreshments provided.
• Recommended for adults and youth ages 13 and up.

*All attendees under 18 years old MUST be accompanied by an adult.

January 28 | 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Title: Get In the Know with the Sea Turtle Protection Zone

Description:

Sea turtle unintended boat strikes have tripled in Florida since 1980, and nearly half of the interactions occur in south Florida, from Palm Beach to Miami-Dade counties. Learn about the Sea Turtle Protection Zone (STPZ), a voluntary zone created by Loggerhead Marinelife Center and Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research to help reduce human-related threats to sea turtles. This lecture will highlight major threats faced by sea turtles - particularly boating interactions - and explain how the STPZ uses public outreach, communication strategies, and voluntary slow-speed recommendations to promote safer boating practices. Join us to learn how you can help, and to gain a sneak peak of future steps aimed at evaluating program effectiveness and further reducing sea turtle injuries.

Speaker: Meghan Boone

Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Conservation Threat Reduction Coordinator

Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27.

Please contact us with any questions, concerns, or requests.

Phone: 561-744-6668

Email: VisitBRP@tnc.org

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Be sure to check out the full series to register for more lecture topics scheduled for 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, and 3/25. All lectures take place 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.