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Turtle Team Update: First Inventory of the Year is Sunday at 7:30

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:July 28, 2012
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation
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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…

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Turtle Team DNA analysis complete from 2010 season

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:September 28, 2011
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation/Uncategorized
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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…

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Turtle Hatchlings head for the sea

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:August 4, 2011
  • Post category:Featured Creature/Sea Turtle Conservation/Summer
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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…

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Turtle Inventory Scheduled for Tonight

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:July 27, 2011
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation
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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…

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Terrapin Traffic Jam

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:June 30, 2011
  • Post category:Featured Creature/Sea Turtle Conservation
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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…

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Turtle Season Underway; Dewees gets award for expanding conservation northward

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:May 17, 2011
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation
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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…

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Sea Turtle Season begins on Dewees today, 2010 recap attached

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:May 13, 2011
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation
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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.…

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Probable Kemps-Ridley Turtle washes up on Dewees

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:April 23, 2011
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation
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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…

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Former Dewees Intern helps cold-stunned turtles

  • Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
  • Post published:December 15, 2010
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation
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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.…

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DNR Announces 2010 SC Sea Turtle Nesting Results

  • Post author:reggiefairchild
  • Post published:December 7, 2010
  • Post category:Sea Turtle Conservation
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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…

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