Texas sea turtles have lost a conservation hero (commentary)

Mongabay
Feb 16, 2026, 5:36 pm101 ptsTrending
Carole Allen — founder of HEART (Help Endangered Animals Ridley Turtles) and the first director of the Turtle Island Restoration Network’s Gulf of Mexico office — passed away last week at the age of 90. For decades, she was the voice of the critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys…

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