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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…