Jean Beasley, who turned her young daughter’s dying wish into a mission to save sea turtles, has died

Mongabay
Dec 3, 2025, 1:43 pm128 ptsTrending
On the beaches of Topsail Island in North Carolina, the sight of a sea turtle crawling ashore has long signaled both urgency and hope. For many years, a woman with a clipboard and a watchful eye was often there to note every track and nest. What brought her there was grief. In 1991 her daughter, Karen, died of…

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