{"id":208883,"date":"2026-03-27T21:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208883\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:34:12","slug":"crows-opens-new-turtle-rehab-facility-reopens-beach-talk-radio-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208883\/","title":{"rendered":"CROW\u2019s Opens New Turtle Rehab Facility Reopens &#8211; Beach Talk Radio News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CROW-Small.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CROW-Small.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"CROW (Small)\"\/><\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>The Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting celebration at the opening of the new $3 million Harkey Sea Turtle Complex on Sanibel. The new facility at 3883 Sanibel Captiva Road replaces the old complex demolished by Hurricane Ian in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I speak of the \u2018blessings of Ian,\u2019 one of the highlights is the new Harkey Sea Turtle Complex,\u201d said Alison Charney Hussey, CROW executive director. \u201cOur previous facility was fairly unsophisticated. The pole barn housed fiberglass pools with basic filtration equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With funding provided by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and donors, the new state-of-the-art facility has larger tanks, heaters and chillers, ionization filters, and other features to elevate the care of turtle patients.<\/p>\n<p>The facility will also include cameras to allow the CROW team to evaluate and the public to witness firsthand the sea turtles\u2019 recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to CROW! This is really a community victory,\u201d said John Lai, president and chief executive officer of the SanCap Chamber. \u201cOur sea turtles are so important and well-loved here on the islands, we all feel the joy at seeing improved rehab care for injured hatchlings to adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur community cares so much about our sea turtles, and it was so evident when we embarked on this rebuilding effort,\u201d said Hussey. \u201cTime, talent, and treasure were showered upon CROW and the Harkey Sea Turtle Complex from all involved. The experts, the construction team, the veterinary and rehabilitation staff, the city, and our community partners \u2013 everyone has fully supported rebuilding this pillar of CROW care.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting celebration at the opening of the new $3 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,8208],"class_list":["post-208883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-email13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}