The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is the most important nesting area for loggerhead sea turtles in the western hemisphere and the second most important nesting beach in the world. This twenty-mile zone extending along the eastern coast of Florida from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach attracts 25 - 35% of all loggerhead and green sea turtle nesting in the U.S.
Unfortunately, these sea turtles and other precious wildlife are about to be left without the protections they desperately need to survive. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced plans to eliminate almost 90 positions of the workforce in Southeast Florida. This would leave Archie Carr without necessary staffing or funding. If the looming budget cuts become a reality, Archie Carr will no longer be able to work to protect endangered sea turtles and the populations may become so low, they might not be able to recover.
Please take action today by writing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Urge them to reinstate funding for Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge. The government needs to hear from YOU that wildlife protection is important. Without your support, the budget cuts are a done deal.
The refuge’s primary goal is to protect threatened and endangered species. With the planned staffing and funding cuts at Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge, they will be unable to accomplish this mission.
Loggerhead sea turtle nesting numbers are declining. It is critical that they are conserved and managed for recovery in the Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge. Without sufficient staff and funding to perform the necessary recovery efforts on the refuge beaches, the outlook for loggerhead sea turtles is grim. Please help give the sea turtles a fighting change—by taking action today! We need to speak up for marine wildlife, before it’s too late.
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