05/24/2022
The SAVE THE SEA TURTLES advocacy group will have a third postcard signing event on Saturday, May 28, 2022, from 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM at the Padre Islander Gift Shop (14514 SPID). The postcards are being sent to Charles Sams, Director of the National Park Service, in hopes he can revoke the bias and unscientific Review.
Eric Brunnemann, superintendent of PAIS, is dismantling the Padre Island Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Program (STSR) and he continues to defraud our community and the world.
According to the 2020 Review drafted by a group of biased east coast nonscientists, next year's nests will be left in-situ and the STSR incubation facility will slowly fade away. The Kemp's ridley will suffer, being left to predators, sea level rise, climate change, etc.
In 2013, the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas designated the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle as the official State Sea Turtle of Texas. Therefore, it is imperative that we protect the species. https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/texas/state-fish-aquatic-life-state-reptile/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle
Please spread the word to friend/family. Our team members will gladly sign your name if you cannot make it or live out of town/state/country. This is open to anyone that wants to support saving the most endangered sea turtle species on the planet, the Kemp's ridley!!
SAVE THE SEA TURTLES!!
Texas designated the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) as the official state sea turtle in 2013 thanks to the efforts of Texas 4th-graders.