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  • American Tortoise Rescue - We are a nonprofit turtle and tortoise rescue dediated to the rescue and rehabilitation of all species. We provide adoption to pre-selected homes. We educate and are issue -oriented. Last year we adopted 350 to good homes.
  • Caribbean Conservation Corporation - Conservation and research organization with a primary focus on sea turtles in the Caribbean and Florida and surrounding States. We have a modern field station in Tortuguero, Costa Rica, and operate research participant programs and environmental education programs year-round.
  • Save the Sea Turtles - General information concerning sea turtles and threats to their survival.
  • Sea Turtle Restoration Project - Working to protect sea turtles and their habitat worldwide by supporting community-based protection of nesting beaches and use oF Turtle Excluder Devices around the world
  • Slowcoach Tortoise Site - A site for tortoise enthusiasts

    Desert Tortoise Council
    P.O. Box 1738
    Palm Desert, Ca 92261

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Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.