Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific rescued the injured sea turtle more than a year ago, and has been helping it recover ever since.

Magpie, a dog from Satchel’s Last Resort, is heading to South Padre Island, where her scent-detection training will help conservationists locate and protect endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nests.

Take a long walk to look for Pileated woodpeckers, kestrels and bald eagles across the dike-top trail of a key tidal section of ...