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Sea Turtle, Inc. is a nonprofit sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation center in South Padre Island, Texas. [1] It is a popular regional ecotourism center, seeing about a quarter million visitors per year. [ 2 ]
Due to the island being next to the ocean, temperatures above 100 °F (37.8 °C) are not common. South Padre Island went down to at least 25 °F (−4 °C) during the 2021 Texas freeze. Due to the fact that South Padre Island is surrounded by water, precipitation is a little higher than cities farther inland in the Rio Grande Valley. In March ...
The Sea Turtle Restoration Project (STRP), founded in 1989, is a project of Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization with a goal of protecting endangered sea turtles from human-caused threats at nesting beaches and in the ocean. STRP states its mission as being:
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In 2020, a random July 7 storm dumped 13 inches on the Island and standing water claimed 90 of the 120 some nests on the island. During Tropical Storm Debby, Glass said, “we lucked out,” and ...
One night at choir practice, they asked for a volunteer to play host/tour guide for that group on the day they planned to visit South Padre Island during the day and sing in our church in the evening.
Ila Loetscher was inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame in 1991. [3]In 2005, she was the first nominee to the Rio Grande Valley Walk of Fame. [5]Loetscher appeared in National Geographic documentaries and on numerous television shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, [9] Late Night with David Letterman, the Today Show, and Real People.
South Padre Island was formed when the creation of the Port Mansfield Channel split Padre Island in two. The resort city of South Padre Island, a popular vacation destination, is located on the island. Before the arrival of European settlers in North America, the island was inhabited by native tribes. Western settlement is considered to have ...