| Radio programs for the week of 29 July 2002 |
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Kemp's Ridleys return to Florida I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment Florida scientists are monitoring a pair of nests made by Kemp's Ridley
sea turtles -- one of the most endangered of sea turtles. They're excited
by the find as for decades the Kemp's Ridley was thought to only nest in
Mexico. Biologist Glenn Harman with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium was on
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New Nests for an Endangered Species I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment The most endangered of Sea Turtles is the Kemp's Ridley turtle, thought only to nest on beaches in Mexico. This year, however, brought at least two Kemp's Ridleys to nest near St. Petersburg, which, says biologist Glenn Harman, might be good news for the turtles' survival... |
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Questions about an endangered turtle's history I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment At least two, Kemp's Ridley turtles have nested in Florida this year. That's big news for a endangered species believed to only nest in Mexico. Biologist Glen Harman with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium says it is possible that the turtles have nested in Florida, all along... |
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Establishing an Endangered Sea Turtle I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment. Scientists are watching over two nests near St. Petersburg, made by Kemp's Ridley sea turtles -- the only known Florida nests from a species thought to only nest in Mexico. Biologist Glenn Harman says with more than 100 hatchlings, some would be expected to return... |
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Turtle checking pays off I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment Years of monitoring the beaches near St. Petersburg for nesting turtles paid off this season with a rare find: two nests of Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, the most endangered of all. |