KEEP BEACHES CLEAN, FLAT, AND DARK
By Caitlin Calabrese and Susan Skinner Residents and visitors can help to make our area as turtle friendly as possible by remembering to keep beaches clean, flat and dark from May 1 through Oct....
Tagged: nesting season
THEY’RE HERE
While a lot of uncertainty can be found in our human lives right now, sea turtles are doing what they have been doing for more than 100 million years. Just as it does each...
IT’S NESTING SEASON
Nesting season has arrived in Florida, but before we start tallying this season’s nest activity, let’s take a look back at the 2019 statewide totals. Florida Statewide 2019 nesting numbers:106,650 loggerhead nests53,105 green nests1,105...
Nesting numbers on record pace
Our survey volunteers are keeping extra busy this season, and nesting activity continues at a record pace. As of July 31, teams had documented 513 loggerhead nests, five green nests and three leatherback nests...
New nesting numbers
This year’s sea turtle nesting season has gotten off to a fast start for loggerheads in our survey area. As of July 2, our STPS nesting survey volunteers have recorded 100 more nests in...
What time is it? Time to keep the beach clean, flat, and dark
By Katherine De Angelis That’s right folks, sea turtle nesting season has begun in beautiful Brevard County and all along the Space Coast of Florida. From mid-May through the end of October, many species...
