Page 12 - The Islander - October '23

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Loggerhead Marinelife Center Awarded

$500,000 In Grants To Enhance Research,

Coastal Cleanups, And Water Filtration

LMC Announces State LMC is a unique and free
Funding While Hosting public facility, these grants
The First 2024 Public are critical in continuing
Meeting Of The Palm our mission of sea turtle
Beach County Legislative rehabilitation, education, and
Delegation. ocean conservation.”
Loggerhead Marinelife The state grants will allow
Center (LMC) is honored the center to design and
to receive $500,000 in engineer a critically needed
state grants to improve the water intake and discharge
center’s saltwater filtration pumping system that will
system, expand sea turtle support the expanded
and marine debris research, sea turtle hospital and
and increase beach and conservation exhibitions.
underwater cleanups. The grants will also help
Loggerhead Marinelife to expand Loggerhead
Center and local civic and Andy Dehart, CEO of Marinelife Center’s research
community organizations Loggerhead Marinelife Center efforts such as analyzing the
expressed their appreciation impacts of marine debris
to the 13-member Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation on wildlife; studying sea
during the opening of their 2024 planning session on turtle nests, diseases, and contaminants; and satellite endangered sea turtles. Its facilities include a sea turtle
Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the center. tracking of sea turtles. In addition, LMC will increase hospital, a research laboratory, and exhibit areas, including
Organizations such as Els for Autism Foundation beach and underwater cleanups, and expand education live sea turtles and other coastal creatures.
and the Palm Beach County Food Bank joined LMC and awareness of single-use plastics. Photos courtesy of Loggerhead Marinelife Center
to highlight their achievements, which included About Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) and Chad Baumer
state funding, changes in law, and an array of health, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, located in Loggerhead
infrastructure, and environmental benefits. Park, Juno Beach, Fla., is a sea turtle research, rehabilitation,
“We are grateful the Palm Beach County Legislative education, and conservation center. The center also manages
Delegation helped us appropriate these state funds which the Juno Beach Pier across the street from the park.
will help improve our facility in the coming years,” said Established in 1983, LMC seeks to promote conservation
Andy Dehart, CEO of Loggerhead Marinelife Center. “As of ocean ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and

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