Saving Sea Turtles Ron Prinz first trekked across the West

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Saving Sea Turtles Ron Prinz first trekked across the WestIn April 2007, eleven leatherback turtles captured the imagination of the public worldwide as they ''raced'' from Costa Rica toward the Galpagos Islands. Known as the Great Turtle Race, this event tracked these critically endangered sea turtles, drawing attention to their fragile status and generating data on the turtles vital to efforts to study and protect them. But the Great Turtle Race is just one of many tools marine conservationists use to