Florida Sea Turtle Group is the Focus of a National TV Show

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Florida Sea Turtle Group is the Focus of a National TV Show

FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, Jul. 31 -/E-Wire/-- The Outdoor Life Network's highly acclaimed show, Wild Odyssey, will feature the work of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) in a 30-minute program broadcasting nationally at 11:30 AM on August 4th, 14th, and 26th. The nonprofit CCC, based in Gainesville, Florida, is the world's oldest sea turtle research and conservation organization.

The wildlife adventure show travels with CCC Director David Godfrey from the remote black sand beaches of Tortuguero, Costa Rica, to the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge on the central Atlantic coast of Florida, and back again. "The Amazing Life Journey of Green Sea Turtles" investigates the great mystery of the green turtle's open-ocean navigation. These amazing sea creatures journey hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles from the tropical beaches where they were born to the shores and inland waters of Florida, where they grow to maturity before returning to breed and lay eggs at the same beaches where they were hatched.

Florida's highly developed coastline and the remote beaches of Costa Rica are biologically linked through the natural history of green sea turtles. Wild Odyssey was filmed on location at CCC's sea turtle research station on the edge of the rainforest in Tortuguero and in Florida's Indian River Lagoon near Sebastian Inlet. The show begins by following Godfrey and a team of CCC researchers as they conduct their annual sea turtle research and protection program in Tortuguero. After following newborn hatchlings to the water, the show migrates with the turtles to the Florida coast, where Godfrey joins University of Central Florida professor, Dr. Llew Ehrhart, and his students as they capture and tag juvenile green sea turtles in the Indian River Lagoon. The show includes extensive footage of green turtles foraging on reefs and in the lagoons of Florida's Atlantic coast, swimming in the open ocean, and laying eggs on the volcanic sand beaches of Costa Rica.

"The Outdoor Life Network has captured the beauty and wonder of these oceanic nomads," said Godfrey. "Hopefully, people will watch the program and realize the importance of protecting our marine and coastal habitats for sea turtles and all manner of sea creatures that depend on them. It is especially important that people understand the global role Florida plays in the survival of sea turtles."

CCC was founded in 1959 by University of Florida ecologist and author, Dr. Archie Carr. Its mission is to ensure the long-term survival of sea turtles in the Wider Caribbean and Atlantic through research, education, advocacy and protection of the habitats upon which they depend. For more information about CCC or to learn how you can get involved in sea turtle protection, visit the CCC website at www.cccturtle.org or call (800) 678-7853.

Caribbean Conservation Corporation

http://www.cccturtle.org

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