Turtle Team Update: First Inventory of the Year is Sunday at 7:30
Our turtle nests have begun hatching on the island, and our first inventory is scheduled for Sunday night at 7:30, just north of Needlerush walkway. It's a lovely time of…
Turtle Team DNA analysis complete from 2010 season
Gary, our turtle team leader, just sent out a note to turtle team members with the final complied DNA data from last year. Here is what we learned: Final Turtle…
Turtle Hatchlings head for the sea
It's hatching season here on Dewees Island, and half of our nests have hatched. Nests 1-5 have all sent their gifts of tiny turtles into the great blue yonder, as…
Turtle Inventory Scheduled for Tonight
There is a turtle inventory scheduled for 7:30 this evening, so long as the weather holds. This nest was watched by a fox and moved twice (history below.) To get…
Terrapin Traffic Jam
Last week, there was a hold-up on Old House Lane, as an odd traffic jam of bicycles, heavy equipment, and golf carts carefully maneuvered around a female Eastern Diamondback Terrapin…
Turtle Season Underway; Dewees gets award for expanding conservation northward
If you would like to be part of our citizen science team that walks the beach looking for evidence of turtle nests, please call Judy. We had our kick-off party…
Sea Turtle Season begins on Dewees today, 2010 recap attached
This afternoon, happy hour will kick off the Dewees Island turtle season. We'll have a calendar at happy hour so you can sign up for days to walk the beach.…
Probable Kemps-Ridley Turtle washes up on Dewees
Here on Dewees Island, we are part of a stranding network for dead or injured animals that wash up on our shores. If you see a dead or injured sea turtle…
Former Dewees Intern helps cold-stunned turtles
Gretchen Coll, a former Dewees intern, is pictured in this article from The State Newspaper (Columbia) helping rehabilitate cold-stunned sea turtles rescued off the coasts of North and South Carolina.…
DNR Announces 2010 SC Sea Turtle Nesting Results
The SCDNR Marina Turtle Program announced: Sea turtle nesting this year ended on a positive note. We had 3141 loggerhead, 6 green and 3 leatherback nests on project beaches. This…