Last week we posted our featured project, Saving Diamondback Terrapins with New Technology and this week we would like to thank all the of the organizations that have contributed so far. Currently we are 22% towards our goal of $10,344.

Diamondback terrapins are magnificent and unusual turtles in many ways—they live in salt water but are not sea turtles, they are restricted to the Atlantic coasts of the United States, and they play key roles in their ecosystems. From the 18th through the 20th centuries they were hunted and eaten in huge numbers, sometimes as the unpopular food of the poor and other times as haut cuisine.