Calendar of Events for Cold Stun Lectures

Attention: CALENDAR OF EVENTS

For Immediate Release

FREE COLD STUNNED SEA TURTLE LECTURES

Contact:            Amber Sabrosky (631) 369-9840

Date:               October 13, 2007

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation is offering free sea turtle cold stun lectures. The lectures will be held at the following locations:

At the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, Sag Harbor on:

October 14^th (Sunday) at 2:00 PM

And at Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center, Jones Beach State Park on:

October 21^th (Sunday) at 1:30 PM

At Atlantis Marine World Aquarium in Riverhead, on the following dates:

October 25^th (Thursday) at 6:00 PM

October 27^th (Saturday) at 12:00 PM

November 14^th (Wednesday) at 6:00 PM

November 18^th (Sunday) at 12:00 PM

At Town of Hempstead Conservation and Waterways Building, Lido Beach on:

October 29^th (Monday) at 6:00 PM

With Group for the East End, Bridgehampton on:

November 3^rd (Saturday) at 10:30 AM

At Stony Brook University, Student Union Room, Stony Brook on:

November 27^th (Tuesday) at 7:00 PM

With South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center, Bridgehampton on:

December 1^st (Saturday) at 10:00 AM

Prior registration is required. To register, please call the Riverhead Foundation’s office at 631-369-9840. For further information visit the Riverhead Foundation’s website at www.riverheadfoundation.org .

Every year hundreds of volunteers help the Riverhead Foundation rescue cold stunned sea turtles by patrolling Long Island beaches. Cold-stunning is a condition that, like hypothermia, is brought on when cold-blooded animals are in water temperatures below 50 F.  These sea turtles inhabit New York waters during the summer and fall before heading south to safe, warmer waters. Since cold-stunning is a condition that slows the movements of inflicted sea turtles, many may appear lifeless.  This is why the Riverhead Foundation needs your help. The sooner they are found and reported to the Riverhead Foundation, the higher their chance for survival.

The Riverhead Foundation cannot do this alone.  Without public support though donations and volunteering, the Riverhead Foundation would not be able to patrol Long Island’s beaches to recover and rehabilitate marine animals in need of assistance.  To report a stranded whale, dolphin, seal, or sea turtles call the 24-hour rescue hotline at 631-369-9829.

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