Archie Carr - Legacy

Legacy

• Founder and Scientific Director of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation from 1959 until his death in 1987.
• The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, which covers the beaches from Melbourne Beach south to Wabasso Beach was set up in 1994 in honor of his efforts.
• In 1994, the Dr. Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge was established in Costa Rica in his memory.
• Carr's son, Archie Carr III, is a well known conservationist, who coordinated Central American programs for the New York Zoological Society (now known as the Wildlife Conservation Society); Carr III was instrumental in establishing the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize.
• A book about Carr entitled The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation was recently published by Oxford University Press. This book was written by Frederick R. Davis, Assistant Professor of History at the Florida State University.
• Carr's work is referenced in the 1985 romantic-drama film Turtle Diary.
• The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has named its newest building after Archie and Marjorie Carr.