The Leatherback Project
November 2019 Newsletter
CEO Chatter with Jack E. Lighton Dear Friend of LMC, It is my pleasure to welcome you to our special November edition of our monthly newsletter! In this newsletter, we…
Read MoreGo Blue Awards winner, 4ocean, helps Loggerhead Marinelife Center celebrate one of its largest sea turtle releases
Juno Beach, FL. – It takes a village, and in this case a committed conservation partner 4ocean, to support one of the largest sea turtle releases to-date for Loggerhead Marinelife…
Read MoreLoggerhead Marinelife Center hosts its 1st Back-to-School Bioblitz!
Tequesta, Florida: On Saturday, September 7th, Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) hosted its first Back-to-School Bioblitz at Coral Cove Park in Tequesta, FL. What is a Bioblitz? A Bioblitz is an…
Read MoreLoggerhead Marinelife Center Launches 4th annual Unwrap the Waves Candy Wrapper Recycling Program with 29 Palm Beach County Schools
Juno Beach, Florida: On Saturday, October 19th, 2019, Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) officially launched its Unwrap the Waves candy wrapper recycling program at its annual Fletch’s Fall Festival. Partnering with…
Read MoreTrash Travels
“I never leave my trash behind when I go to the beach, so how is there so much to pick up during beach cleanups?” A beach cleanup volunteer asks one…
Read MoreLoggerhead Marinelife Center Incubates Success with Florida Sea Turtle Grants Program
Juno Beach, FL – Beginning with its founder Eleanor Fletcher’s early research of sea turtles, Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) has a long history of innovative and exploratory sea turtle research.…
Read MoreOctober 2019 Newsletter
CEO Chatter with Jack E. Lighton Dear Friend of LMC, It’s my pleasure to welcome you to our special Go Blue Awards Luncheon edition of our monthly eNewsletter! In 2009,…
Read MoreLoggerhead and Green Night Research: End of the 2019 Night Season
The 2019 nesting season is slowly coming to a close, as we are seeing the last of the loggerhead nests from Tequesta down to Juno. The greens are still nesting,…
Read MoreLoggerhead and Green Sea Turtle Night Research: 20K Nests and FAU/LMC Collaborative Research Update
As the loggerheads start saying ‘goodbye’ to the 2019 nesting season, greens continue to come ashore to nest! We officially broke 20,000 recorded nests this past week and currently have…
Read MoreLoggerhead and Green Sea Turtle Night Research: New Nesting Record and Leatherback Update
We begin with big news out of Juno Beach: We have officially broken the all time record for nests in a single season!!!! As of Saturday, August 3rd, we have…
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