Sea Turtle Conservancy

The Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC), formerly known as Caribbean Conservation Corporation, is an American not-for-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization based in Gainesville, Florida. It was incorporated, based on an earlier informal organization known as The Brotherhood of the Green Turtle,^[1] in 1959 by Joshua B. Powers, who was inspired by ecologist Archie Carr's book The Windward Road, which documented threats to sea turtles.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Sea Turtle Conservancy

Abbreviation	STC
Formation	1959; 66 years ago (1959)
Founder	Joshua B. Powers
Type	Nonprofit
Tax ID no.	59-6151069
Legal status	501(c)(3)
Headquarters	Gainesville, Florida
Website	conserveturtles.org

See also

• The Windward Road
• Turtle walk
• Tour de Turtles