Oceans: Feds finalize critical habitat designation for threatened loggerhead sea turtles -

Oceans: Feds finalize critical habitat designation for threatened loggerhead sea turtles,
July 11,2014,
By Bob Berwyn,
Summit County Voice,

Loggerhead sea turtles may have a better chance of surviving - and even thriving - after federal agencies designated 685 miles of beaches along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines, as well as 300,000 square miles of ocean, as critical habitat. The decision came after more than five years of delays and court battles, as conservation groups sought protection for the turtles.