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Diamondback Terrapins 1991 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Whit Gibbons Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Saving the Chesapeake 1991 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Jim Perry Gloucester Point, Virginia

Andrew Jackson's Hermitage 1991 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Larry McKee Hermitage, Tennessee

Golden Gate Recreation Area 1991 Earthwatch Institute Researcher: Judd Howell Alcatraz Island, CA

Virginia Waterbird Sanctuary 1991 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Michael Erwin Eastern Shore, Virginia

Stolen Lands 1992 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Russell Handsman Washington, Connecticut

Shenandoah Wildlife 1992 Earthwatch Institute Team V Researcher: Bill McShea Front Royal, VA

Sea Lion Language & Behavior 1992 Earthwatch Institute Team XXIV Researcher: Ron Schusterman Santa Cruz, CA

Save the Manatees 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Jessica Koelsch Sarasota, Florida

Wild Dolphin Societies 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team IX Researcher: Randy Wells Sarasota, Florida

Orca 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Ken Balcomb Friday Harbor, WA

Inside Oregon Caves 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: John Roth Cave Junction, Oregon

Northwest Hunters & Traders 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Joanne Mack Klamath Falls, Oregon

End Of The Dinosaurs 1994 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Keith Rigby Fort Peck, Montana

Lemon Sharks 1994 Earthwatch Institute Team II & V Researcher: Sam Gruber Bimini, Bahamas

Monterey Dolphins 1995 Earthwatch Institute Team V Researcher: Daniela Maldini - Feinholz Santa Cruz, CA

Horse Sense Researcher: Evelyn Hanggi 1995 Earthwatch Institute Team V Aptos, California

1995 Earthwatch Institute Team IV Researcher: Judd Howell Golden Gate Recreation Area, CA

Native Settlements of New England 1996 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researchers: Elena Décima / Marty Dudek Greenfield, MA

Grand Canyon Anasazi 1996 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Alan Sullivan Grand Canyon - Kiabab Forest - Arizona

320 Homolovi Site

Arizona Cliff Dwellings 1996 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Richard Lange Globe, Arizona

Baja Island Predators 1997 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Gary Polis Bahia De Los Angeles - Baja, Mexico

Black Sea Turtles Of Baja 1997 Earthwatch Institute Team III.5 Researcher: Jeff Seminoff Bahia De Los Angeles - Baja, Mexico

Black Sea Turtles Of Baja 1997 Earthwatch Institute Team IV Researcher: J. Nichols Bahia De Los Angeles / Bahia Magdelana Baja, Mexico

Everglades Ecology 1997 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Harry Slater Everglades, Florida

Wild Dolphin Societies 1997 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Randy Wells / Sue Hofmann Sarasota, Florida

Wild Dolphin Societies Mid Dec. 1997 Stranding Rough-toothed Dolphins Sarasota, Florida

Florida's Manatees Dec. 1997 Pre '98 Projects Researcher: Jessica Koelsch Sarasota, Florida

Joshua Tree Desert Tortoises 1998 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researcher: Gillian Bowser Joshua Tree National Park, CA

Gray Whales Of Baja 1998 Earthwatch Institute Team V Researcher: Paco Ollervides Puerto San Carlos Baja CA Sur, Mexico

Minnesota's Black Bears 1998 Earthwatch Institute Team I Researcher: Kristina Timmerman David Garshelis Voyageurs National Park, MN

Ghost Town Pikas 1998 Earthwatch Institute Team VI Researchers: John Frisch Andrew Smith John Nagy Bodie, CA

Whooping Cranes 1999 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researchers: Mike Kreger, George Gee Jeff Hatfield & David Clugston Kissimmee, FL

Whales & Dolphins Of Mauritius 2001 Earthwatch Institute Team I Researcher: Delphine Legay Mauritius Delphine Legay January 25th 1973 - June 23rd 2001 Imagine someone who has a love for life, and all that it has to offer. Whose passion for her time with the dolphins & whales so joyous it brings a smile just thinking about it. Imagine this same wondrous spirit inviting you to share her adventure, above and below the waves, to see 'her' dolphins, 'her' whales. A young light burning so bright, it illuminates the deepest ocean. A future so filled with promise, you could taste it. A young woman who, if you hadn't fallen in love with her and her world, it was because you were yet to open your eyes.

South African Penguins 2001 Earthwatch Institute Team II Researchers: Peter Barham Philip Whittington, Shaun Davis Leslie Underhill, Robert Crawford Robben Island, South Africa

Florida Armadillos 2001 Earthwatch Institute Team V Researchers: Drs. Jim Loughry and Colleen McDonough Tallahassee, Florida

Dolphins & Whales of Abaco Island 2005 Earthwatch Institute Team VII Researcher: Diane Claridge Sandy Point, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas

Sri Lanka's Elephants and Elusive Leopards 2005 Earthwatch Institute Researcher(s): Ravi Corea, Harsha Gammanpila, Mark Weckel, and Chandeep Corea Wasgamuwa Region, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Temple Monkeys Researcher: Dr. Wolfgang Dittus 2005 Earthwatch Institute Team VI Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

South Africa's Hyenas Earthwatch Institute Team IV Researchers: Dr. Dawn Scott & Richard Yarnell August 2006 Mankwe Wildlife Reserve, South Africa

Researchers: Dr. Mauro Lucherini, Claudia Manfredi, Estela Luengos Vidal 2007 Earthwatch Institute Team V Chasicó Provincial Park, Argentina

Crocodiles Of The Zambezi Earthwatch Institute Team II Researchers: Dr. Alison Leslie, Audrey Detoeuf-Boulade, Kevin Wallace November 2007 Lower Zambezi, Zambia

Australia's Forest Marsupials Researchers: Dr. David Lindenmayer, Damian Michael 2008 Earthwatch Institute Team II Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia

Sharks and Rays of Monterey Researcher: Sean Van Sommeran 2008 Earthwatch Institute Team V Monterey, California

Yakushima, Japan Loggerhead Sea Turtle Project July 1999 Researchers: J. Nichols, Kazuyoshi Omuta & Naoki Kamezaki J. Nichols, Dana Nichols & David Barron traveled to Yakushima Island where 1/3 of all Japanese loggerhead sea turtles nest. Complimenting the existing research & story of the 'Loggerhead Transpacific Journey', we documented the nesting loggerhead turtles. The reason for the Japan trip was a result of research by J. Nichols and his colleagues Antonio Resendiz and Jeff Seminoff. They had proven that the newly hatched loggerhead turtles of Japan make their way across the pacific to Baja where they feed until maturity and then return to Japan in a ~ 10 month journey to nest. The journey back to Japan has been documented using satellite tags attached to loggerhead turtles, which has resulted in real time tracking of the loggerhead transpacific journey. The first of these turtles was 'Rosita and Adelita'. School age children tracked the loggerheads journey using their computers in the classrooms. The course was plotted from the information sent to the satellites from the satellite tags on the turtles back as it made its journey. Included is map of the plotted points from Baja to Japan of one of the tracked turtles, as well as photographs from the Baja research site.

Our Thoughts and prayers are with the people of Sendai and all of those affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami this past year in Japan. In July of 1999, J. Nichols, Dana Nichols and David Barron traveled to Japan, visiting Yakushima Island where 1/3 of all Japanese loggerhead sea turtles nest. Complimenting the existing research & story of the 'Loggerhead Transpacific Journey', we documented the nesting loggerhead turtles. After Yakushima, we headed north east to Sendai looking for the place where Adelita, the first satellite tracked loggerhead turtle from Baja to Japan, came to shore. It was long believed by J. Nichols that Adelita was picked up by a fishing boat (most likely a squid boat) roughly 200 miles off the Japanese coast and brought to port near Sendia. Using a GPS and with the aide of local authorities, we journeyed along the coast until we found the exact position of landfall. After one large fishing port, and one smaller more likely location, we ended up at a third fishing port at Isohama, where we found exactly what J. Nichols had suspected. Roughly 10 Squid boats rested, on this rainy day, at port. This is were Adelita was brought. The reason for the Japan trip was a result of research by J. Nichols and his colleagues Antonio Resendiz and Jeff Seminoff. They had proven that the newly hatched loggerhead turtles of Japan make their way across the pacific to Baja where they feed until maturity and then return to Japan in a ~ 10 month journey to nest. The journey back to Japan has been documented using satellite tags attached to loggerhead turtles, which has resulted in real time tracking of the loggerhead transpacific journey. The first of these turtles was 'Rosita and Adelita'. School age children tracked the loggerheads journey using their computers in the classrooms. The course was plotted from the information sent to the satellites from the satellite tags on the turtles back as it made its journey.

Duke Marine Lab Researchers: Melissa Snover, J. Nichols - Beaufort, NC - September, 1999

Patuxent Whooping Cranes Researcher: Mike Kreger Laurel, Maryland - September 1999

Gray Whales, Jan. 2000 San Ignacio, Loreto & Isla Coronado Baja California, Mexico

Elk Of Kentucky Researcher: John Cox Robinson Forest, Kentucky December 2000

Elk Of Kentucky 2 Researcher: John Cox Robinson Forest, Kentucky January 2001

Keiko Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland (From The Movie Free Willy) February, 2000

Minnesota's Black Bear Dens Researcher: Kristina Timmerman - Voyageurs National Park, MN April, 2001

Profepa Researcher: J. Nichols April 2001 Baja Mexico

Loggerhead Sea Turtles Researcher J. Nichols Baja, Mexico - August 1999 A bizarre twist occurred the day before our trip to Yakushima, Japan in July of 1999. Nichols received word by e-mail from Baja that a fisherman came forward with a flipper tag from a Loggerhead released in Japan! The result was that a newly hatched loggerhead from Yakushima was brought to Okinawa for approx. 6 months then tagged with a Japanese flipper tag (by Dr. Teruya & and Dr. Uchida) and released in 1988. The flipper tag was discovered by a Baja fisherman and kept on his key chain for 6 years before notifying Nichols associates. Nichols had gained the respect & confidence of the Baja fisherman enough to be handed this incredible discovery. The loggerhead was approx. 6 inches long when released according to the Okinawa Aquarium which released the turtle, and was caught 5 years later of the Baja coast in 1994. Ironically, the fisherman knew that Japanese loggerheads were making their way to Baja long before any researches

Whales & Dolphins Of Mauitius 2 October-November, 2001

Minnesota's Black Bear Dens 2 Researcher: Kristina Timmerman March, 2002 Voyageurs National Park, MN

Florida Turtles Researchers: Erin McMichael, Ray Carthy, Jeff Seminoff March 2002 Cape San Blas, Florida

Baja Turtles 2002 Researchers: J. Nichols & Louise Brooks Baja, Mexico

Florida Turtles 2 Researchers: Erin McMichael, Ray Carthy Jeff Seminoff August 2002 Cape San Blas, Florida

Discovering New Plant Species Among Glaciers Researcher: Bruce Bennett July 2003 Yukon Territories, Canada Head Biologist: Ramona Maraj

Channel Island Fox July 2003 Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands

Sacred Forests Of Kenya 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Thomas Odhiambo Nyanza Province, Kenya

Wind & Sun Power For Kenya 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team III Researcher: Dan Kammen Nuu - Kitui District, Kenya

Maternal Health 1993 Earthwatch Institute Team IV Researcher: Prisca Nemapare Mucheke - Masvingo, Zimbabwe