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Conservation Report 2-10 by Grant Campbell 93 cold-stunned sea turtles found floating Amid chilling temperatures during Florida’s recent cold snap, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) responded to reports of thousands of stunned sea turtles floating listlessly in the water or washing onto shore over the cold spell. Cold-stunned turtles may appear to be dead, but often they are still alive. The FWC urges people to report distressed or dead turtles to the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC (3922) as soon as possible. Ninety-three sea turtles found floating in the Mosquito Lagoon were rescued after the cold water shocked their tropically inclined systems. Most of the cold-stunned turtles were endangered green sea turtles, with the exception of one loggerhead. They will be sent to research facilities where they can be cared for. Nancy Yates, a stranding coordinator for the Sea Turtle Preservation Society, says that when the water cools rapidly they cannot handle the cold temperature and they float to the surface. The Mosquito Lagoon serves as a nursery for juvenile turtles, while their older counterparts tend to swim out into the ocean, where temperatures are warm enough. Historic Everglades restoration project starts in Picayune Strand Picayune Strand, part of a landmark federal-state agreement in 2000 for restoring the Everglades, is the first of those projects to get underway with federal dollars behind it. More than 200 state and federal officials and environmental advocates bundled up against the cold beneath a tent on the banks of a canal in the Picayune Strand State Forest to celebrate the start of federal work on a project. Collision with Japanese whaling ship The so called Japanese Institute for Cetacean Research (ICRC) reports that their vessel was involved in a collision. However the?Sea Shepherd Conservation Society?claims that the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 deliberately rammed the Ady Gil and caused catastrop