Links
For your convenience we've put the most important links at your fingertips in the side panels on each page of our website. This page is a broad collection of other interesting links relating to sea turtles, the environment and organizations that support both. If you have a link to share that isn't listed please suggest it.
- City of Jacksonville Clean It Up Green It Up campaign: Our co-sponsor for beach clean ups, including the popular 5th of July clean up.
- First Coast Surfrider: A non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of our world's oceans, waves and beaches.
- Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park: A Jacksonville city park, on the ocean and a sea turtle nesting beach that borders our northern jurisdiction. A Blue Wave Beach.
- GTM-NERR Reserve: FL DEP website for the Guana - Tolomato - Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- Friends of the GTM-NERR Reserve: A private non-profit citizen organization established to support and enhance environmental education, stewardship of natural and cultural resources. Many sea turtle-related events are hosted at the Reserve's Education Center.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Florida Field Office: Excellent source of sea turtle information.
- St. John's County sea turtle program: Check here for St. John's County info, including Ponte Vedra Beach.
- Ponte Vedra Sea Turtle Patrol: Our counterparts in the adjoining region of St. John's County.
- Marine Science Center: The vision/mission for the Marine Science Education Center is to provide the best possible total school program, academic as well as vocational.
- FL Shore & Beach Preservation Association: Coastal issues and beach preservation.
- FL Coastal and Ocean Coalition: A group of environmental, civic, business and outdoor organizations working together to conserve, protect and restore Florida's coastal and marine environment.
- Marine Science Center: Rehab facility in Ponce Inlet for sea turtles and sea birds. Where many of our ill and injured ones go.
- Georgia Sea Turtle Center: New rehab facility on Jekyll Island, GA. Our most recent rescues have gone here.
- NE FL Sierra Club: Focusing on preserving public lands and other environmental issues.
- Sea Turtle Conservancy: (Formerly Caribbean Conservation Corporation). A not-for-profit organization based in Gainesville, founded by Dr. Archie Carr, famed sea turtle researcher and conservationist.
- Florida Open Beaches: A non-profit organization protecting beaches and your right to access them.
- Florida Power & Light (FPL)-Endangered Species-Sea Turtles: Good resource for several protected species.
- Sea Turtle Preservation Society: A not-for-profit educational organization in Brevard County.
- Loggerhead Marinelife Center of Juno Beach: Non-profit sea turtle rehabilitation & education campus located on the ocean in Palm Beach County
- Sea Turtles - Naples Beach: Excellent and concise summary of the nesting process, not specific to southwest FL.
- The Turtle Hospital: Located in Marathon Key, focusing on rehabilitation, education, research and environmental issues.
- Florida Sea Grant: Creating a sustainable coastal economy and environment.
- Sea Turtle Specialty Vehicle Tag: Branch office index for FL Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
- Florida Defenders Of The Environment: A science-based defender of Florida's Natural Environment.
- Barrier Island Sanctuary: Focal point for the Archie Carr Refuge and the barrier island by providing programs that promote stewardship of the area’s fragile natural resources.
- Monofilament Recovery & Recycling Program: A statewide effort to educate the public on the problems caused by monofilament line left in the environment, to encourage recycling through a network of line recycling bins and drop-off locations, and to conduct volunteer monofilament line cleanup events.
- MarineBio.org: A nonprofit organization staffed by volunteer marine biologists, students, professors, and conservation advocates.
- Oceana's Sea Turtle Campaign: The largest international organization focused 100 percent on ocean conservation.
- The Ocean Conservancy: Promotes healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems and opposes practices that threaten ocean life and human life. [Marine debris report]
- The Nature Conservancy: To preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth.
- SaveOurEnvironment.Org: A national coalition for the environment.
- SeaTurtle.org: Non-profit organization dedicated to providing online resources and solutions in support of sea turtle conservation and research.
- National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation: Created for the protection of the environment, promotion of scientific investigation and to contribute to environmental education in our communities.
- Turtle Trax: Created by husband/wife sport divers to promote sea turtle awareness.
- The Turtle Guy: A sea turtle advocate.
- Greenpeace: Promotes solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
- USACE Sea Turtle Data Warehouse: Info about sea turtles and dredging/beach projects in the U.S.
- Artificial Lights & Hatchlings: Learn why it's so important to keep the beach dark.
- Reducing The Impact Of Artificial Light: FPL guide to help everyday folks lessen their lighting impact.
- Wildlife Lighting Approved Fixtures: FWC approved lighting fixtures. Get some free!!
- Shield Loan Program: More free lighting shields available here.
- Turtle Safe Lighting: Provides lighting solutions for coastal areas likely to be utilized by sea turtles for nesting.
- Beach Cam: First Coast News webcam at 2nd Ave. and 3rd. St. S., Jacksonville Beach.
- Jax Surf Cam: Neptune Beach.
- Stormtrack: First Coast News.
- Doppler Radar for NE FL: Weather.com.
- Tide Data for Mayport: National Weather Service.
- Tide Data for Jacksonville Beach: National Weather Service.
- National Hurricane Center Tropical Prediction: National Weather Service.
- The Pollution Information Site: Get an in-depth pollution report for your county, covering air, water, chemicals and more.
- Bodies of Water Around The World: From Cody Smith for World History.
- Water World: A Guide to the Seven Seas: from Amy B., Sandy Creek NY.
- Under The Sea: Collection of ocean-related links.
- Creatures of the Caribbean: from valleybookclub.com children's reading group.
- Printing Impressions: They print our t-shirts and hatchling decals.
- Custom Engraved Products: They make our wooden hatchling ornaments and medallions for the surfer necklaces.
- Florida Beach Basics: They produce our laminated turtle track cards.
- Funderwater: Home decor retailer of "Cool Coastal Styles."
- Kritters In The Mailbox: Bills itself as the "animal lovers gift superstore". We have socks from here.
- Sherman's Lagoon: Syndicated comic stip with a sea turtle character named Fillmore.
- Allstate Insurance Company includes BSTP as a recipient of their Annual Giving Campaign which matches 15% of employee donations.
- Beaches A1A Parrot Head Club, Inc. holds their annual Earlene Holton Memorial Polar Parrot Plunge to benefit BSTP.
- First Street Gallery and the artists, for their annual sea turtle art exhibit which benefits the patrol.
- Katharine (Kate) Rowe of Smith, Gambrell & Russell.
- Untamed Adventures, an outdoor group for women periodically hosts educational sea turtle seminars.
- Wachovia Bank for its employee volunteerism and Foundation grants policy.
- Wave Masters Society, a not-for-profit group of local surfers that periodically hold charitable events, of which BSTP has been a recipient.
- Edupics.com, educational/teacher website.
- Eclipse Crossword, make your own puzzles.
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