Four years after joining the CCC at age 26, the board asked David if he would ever take on the role of Director. He told them, 'I'm not ready for this.' And they said, 'Would you do it if we asked you?' He said, 'Yes.'
Soon, David was invigorating the organization with new ideas. From Central America to the Florida coast, the CCC had their hands full, fighting even against Cuba's sea turtle policies.
An unusual disease has been affecting the green turtles of the world. This virus, which started with the Black Turtles (a green turtle subspecies) of Hawaii, was literally so bad in the 1990's that some believed the species was doomed.
Of Guana Cay's proposed golf course and marina land-based contaminants, he says, "(there is) a growing correlation between tumor-causing fibropapillomas and degraded nearshore waters. This pervasive disease is affecting green turtles around the world, primarily in nearshore habitats that have been degraded by polluted runoff. While a virus is involved in the disease, evidence suggests that a co-factor is a deterioration of the turtle's immune system likely brought
about by pollution in the water column."
Unfortunately, the danger to sea turtles is only the tip of the iceberg.
