This Week in Sea Turtles

Hosts: Michael Coyne, Matthew Godfrey

Manjula and Michael take advantage of the annual Board of DIrectors meeting of the International Sea Turtle Society at the National Conservation Training Center near Shepherdstown, West Virginia. This week we talk to Donna Shaver and Thane Wibbels about Kemp's ridley sea turtles and hopeful signs for their recovery.

Hosts: Michael Coyne, Matthew Godfrey

Matthew and Michael are in the field satellite tagging sea turtles with the interns and island naturalist at the Bald Head Island Conservancy on Bald Head Island in North Carolina. Meet the interns and find out what they do.

Hosts: Michael Coyne, Matthew Godfrey and Manjula Tiwari

Manjula goes to Indonesia and sends in a report from the field. Special guests Cruesa "Tetha" Hitipeuw of WWF Indonesia and Ricardo Tapilatu of the State University of Papua describe their work studying leatherback sea turtle nesting on Jamursba Medi beach, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Hosts: Michael Coyne, Matthew Godfrey and Manjula Tiwari

Special Guest: Earl Possardt, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Topics:

* Marine Turtle Conservation Act

Hosts: Michael Coyne, Matthew Godfrey and Manjula Tiwari

The idea for this podcast was lifted entirely from Leo Laporte and the TWiTs (twit.tv) and their GREAT show, This Week in Tech. I am a big fan guys, I hope you don't mind!

Topics:

* IUCN Red List

* Beach Renourishment