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Brevard's Sea Turtle Preservation Society will hold a volunteer Fair on February 22, 2020 in Indialantic.

If you are interested in learning more about the volunteer opportunities available through the Sea Turtle Preservation Society (STPS), please stop by our volunteer fair from 11 am to 2 pm on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 111 S. Miramar Ave. in Indialantic, FL.

The fair will be held in Room 109, which adjoins our Turtle House gift shop and education center. Representatives of each STPS program will be on hand to answer questions and help get you started. Hope to see you there.

Approximately 90 percent of sea turtle eggs in the U.S. are laid in Florida. Because of the huge number of sea turtles that nest on area beaches and that forage the Indian River Lagoon, a group of concerned Brevard County citizens, in 1984, formed a grass-roots organization to help protect them. This group, the Sea Turtle Preservation Society was incorporated in 1986 as a not-for-profit with the mission statement: “Helping sea turtles survive.”

Brevard County is an important natural habitat for marine turtles. The county is unique because the Atlantic beaches and the Indian River Lagoon system span its entire 72-mile length. This strategic location serves as nesting and foraging sites for three species of sea turtles: the loggerhead, the green, and the leatherback.

STPS works tirelessly to educate the public about how to protect the sea turtle population and help sick and injured sea turtles that arrive on area beaches throughout the year, particularly during nesting season, which usually runs from May through October.