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- Thursday July 16, 2020 PEER.org, lawyers representing Dr. Donna Shaver, filed a “Complaint About Information Quality: REVIEW of the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Program, Padre Island National Seashore.” There four links at the end of the article: https://www.peer.org/park-service-slashes-sea-turtle-rescue-program/
- Read the Complaint
- See key actions being taken to limit sea turtle program
- View the entire Original Review
- Several national newspapers picked up the story LA Times, National Parks Traveler, Houston Chronicle, KIII TV, and the CC Caller Times.
- https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-07-16/endangered-sea-turtles-face-new-foe-park-service-cuts
- https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/07/udated-funding-cuts-imperil-kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-program-padre-island-national-seashore
- https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2020-07-19-national-parks-traveler-episode-75-north-cascades-institutes-park-connections
- The podcast commentary about the turtle project review/report begins at the 40.51 minute mark.
- https://www.pressreader.com/usa/houston-chronicle-sunday/20200719/281565178071463
- https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2020/07/20/funding-decreased-sea-turtle-recovery-program/5474262002/
- https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/dr-donna-shaver-files-federal-complaint-over-pins-call-for-a-30-percent-cut-in-the-sea-turtle-recovery-program/503-35e48f78-97f2-4cbb-9d9a-3c52f79d061e
- Finally the PEER Petition to Save the famed Turtle Science and Recovery Program at Padre Island National Seashore. VERY IMPORTANT! (Lawyers said this is an international issue and anyone can sign the petition. Use Corpus Christi/78418 as address and in organization put Winter Texan, tourist, etc.)
- https://peer.salsalabs.org/save-kemps-ridley-sea-turtles/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1cLSFL19gmJ2_dtu0HSIOXnmdQPNvcNHu4E3o-3LiDAkUEGU7FmW-wMBg
- Political contacts-Please send emails. Lawyers said this is critical.