“Dark” refers to lighting. During nesting season, the patrol wants lights turned off or kept low, since bright lights can disorient sea turtles. “Flat” refers to the ideal conditions in ...

It’s day one of sea turtle nesting season, which means volunteers with Share the Beach are already on patrol. Milton, ...

Trucks hauled in the Mid Reach sand beginning in December 2024, for a project completed March 12. The county is planting sea ...

Nesting season officially kicked off on May 1 throughout the state of Florida, where about 90% of sea turtle nesting in the U ...

Read full article: Clean, dark, flat: Guidelines for protecting sea turtles during North Florida’s nesting season As the sea turtle nesting season continues, the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol urges ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - Trained volunteers have spotted the season’s first sea turtle nest a few days earlier than normal, the Department of Natural Resources says. The volunteers, with the Folly ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Turtle nesting season is officially underway, and for the last 35 seasons, Panama City ...

Words by Kaili Cochran We’ve all heard the phrase “save the turtles.” It's been an echoing phrase for over a decade now after a video of a marine biologist pulling a 12 cm long plastic straw from a ...

Turtles have difficulty nesting on severely ... They also found the percentage of nests that washed out on the wide, flat nourished beach was 3.5 times greater than on the narrower, naturally ...