The October 2011 Year of the Turtle Newsletter and Calendar are now ready!
This month we feature the turtle conservation efforts and programs of two more of our Year of the Turtle Partners, The Orianne Society as well as the Turtle Conservancy and John L. Behler Chelonian Center.   

View or download our October Year of the Turtle Newsletter! In this October Year of the Turtle News issue, we feature a couple more of our Year of the Turtle Partners and their turtle conservation efforts.  One of our turtle experts answers a question that one of YOU sent in, and we interview a Desert Tortoise expert, Roy Averill-Murray.  We remember a few turtle conservation champions, and we highlights efforts of our Southeast PARC partners.  There’s also  a link to a new Western Pond Turtle brochure.  Enjoy!

Basking Beauty: Our October Calendar Photo is Available Now!
Congratulations to Jamie Burchill for the winning October calendar photo of an Escambia Map Turtle!  Jamie snapped this basking map along the Conecuh River in Alabama.  Jamie’s photo was chosen as the October featured photo out of several hundred photos received since our contest began.  It’s not too late to submit for the final months of the Year of the Turtle Calendar Photo Contest!  All submitted photos will continue to be considered for future calendar months, as well as for use (with photo credit) in other YoT products and documents.   More information about our ongoing photo contest is available at www.yearoftheturtle.org. Give us your best shot! 

Visit http://www.yearoftheturtle.org/ to find the Newsletter, calendar and photo contest information for upcoming months, Year of the Turtle t-shirts (GET ONE WHILE THEY LAST!), our Year of the Turtle Flip Cards (featuring the Top 25 most threatened turtles of the world), our improved USA Turtle Mapping Project reporting forms (e-mail address corrected), the Year of the Turtle screensaver and video, and our ever-growing list of partners.

Contact us at yearoftheturtle2011@gmail.com with any questions, or to partner with us for the 2011 Year of the Turtle!