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Clean, dark, flat: Guidelines for protecting sea turtles during North Florida’s nesting season
Read full article: Clean, dark, flat: Guidelines for protecting sea turtles during North Florida’s nesting seasonAs the sea turtle nesting season continues, the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol urges people to follow proper guidelines to ensure wildlife safety.
‘It’s disgusting’: Volunteers pitch in to clean up beaches after 4th of July celebrations
Read full article: ‘It’s disgusting’: Volunteers pitch in to clean up beaches after 4th of July celebrationsThe city of Jacksonville and groups like Keep Jacksonville Beautiful and Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol work together to clean up the beaches after the Fourth of July holiday every year.
Calling all volunteers: Jacksonville looking for helping hands to clean up beaches after Independence Day
Read full article: Calling all volunteers: Jacksonville looking for helping hands to clean up beaches after Independence DayThe City of Jacksonville and the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful organization have partnered with Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol to help clean up the beaches after Independence Day celebrations.
Family witnesses hatching of endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles in St. Johns County
Read full article: Family witnesses hatching of endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles in St. Johns CountyA local couple and their daughter witnessed a miracle of nature last weekend when they were on South Ponte Vedra Beach during the hatching of a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle nest.
Hole digging TikTok challenge creates deadly hazard for sea turtles, wildlife advocates warn
Read full article: Hole digging TikTok challenge creates deadly hazard for sea turtles, wildlife advocates warnA TikTok challenge encouraging people to dig massive holes on beaches can be dangerous to sea turtles, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Officials say federally protected turtle species under slow start to nesting season
Read full article: Officials say federally protected turtle species under slow start to nesting seasonJACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sea turtle nesting season is underway in Florida. During the months of May through October, endangered sea turtles build nests in the sand and hatchlings eventually make their way ocean. However, Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol said they are seeing more false crawls than nests this year. So far this season, Brown said there are 23 nests including two leatherback nests If you want to help turles through the nesting season. The bottom line is this is a protected species, federally and state, said Brown.
