Sea Turtle Cap FOUN Written by Agnes Morley Cleaveland

Written by Agnes Morley Cleaveland

are protected by Saguaro National Park

Yosemite NP

including Zion

an Anchorage-based writer and a former superintendent of Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves for 25 years for the National Park Service

Sea Turtle Cap FOUN Written by Agnes Morley CleavelandThe gulf shores of Texas are the nesting areas for several types of sea turtles, including the Kemp's ridley sea turtle. These endangered sea turtles lay their eggs all along the gulf shore. Conservationists then move those nests to special protected areas, several of which are within Padre island National Seashore. This process helps to increase the number of eggs that hatch, and the number of hatchlings that survive and make it into the gulf waters.