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PARK. I’LL SAY THAT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO AND THANK YOU. WELL, FROM ONE FEEL GOOD STORY TO ANOTHER ONE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD FOR TODAY’S FORECASTING OUR FUTURE. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT BROOKS COVERING WENT TO LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER WHERE THEY RELEASED THEIR FIRST SEA TURTLES SINCE 2021 IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE GATHERED HERE IN JUNO BEACH TO SEE ROCKY. THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE WILL BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT’S VERY REWARDING TO SEE TURTLES LIKE THIS BE ABLE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND BE ABLE TO BE RELEASED AGAIN BECAUSE 90% OF THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO RESCUE TURTLES, WE NEVER KNOW WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY GET A CHANCE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE OCEAN. ROCKY, THE 220 POUNDS SEA TURTLE WAS FOUND FLOATING OFF OF NORTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND JUST BEFORE THE NEW YEAR, WITH THE HELP FROM LOCALS AND RANGERS. ROCKY WAS ABLE TO BE RESCUED AND WAS GIVEN ANOTHER SHOT AT LIFE. OUR MISSION AT LOGGER HAMMERING LIFE CENTERS, OCEAN CONSERVATION THROUGH THE LENS OF SEA TURTLES. JUST OVER 50 YEARS OLD, ROCKY SUFFERED AN INJURY FROM A BOAT STRIKE. THAT CAUSE IT’S HERE IN HER LUNG. NOW, AFTER SIX WEEKS OF REHABILITATION AND CARE FROM THE LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER, SHE IS READY TO BE ON HER OWN. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, PLASTIC POLLUTION, DEGRADATION OF OUR CORAL REEFS, AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE SEE IS THOSE THOSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS AFFECT INCLUDING WATER QUALITY, AFFECT HOW SEA TURTLES LIVE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THE CROWD CHEERED ROCKY ON AS SHE MADE HER WAY BACK INTO THE OCEAN, THIS TIME WITH A TRACKER. SEA TURTLE SEASON BEGINS MAY 1ST AND RUNS ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTO