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SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program

The SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program is responsible for managing and protecting sea turtles in the state of South Carolina, USA. This program has several all encompassing components: management, monitoring, research, and education. More specifically this program provides technical expertise on anthropogenic activities that have the potential to impact sea turtles (i.e., nourishment, dredging), locates and protects sea turtle nests (~300 km of coastline), documents strandings, performs necropsies on fresh dead strandings, works with the SC Aquarium to provide rehablitation for live strandings, monitors nearshore waters for leatherbacks, and provides as much education, outreach and exchange of scientific information as time allows.

Working with sea turtles since 2000

Barrier Island Center

8385 S Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach, Florida, United States of America

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WWW Link: http://www.cccturtle.org/barrierislandcenter.php

Description:

The Barrier Island Sanctuary Management and Education Center (Barrier Island Center) is an educational center located in the heart of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, a major nesting site for sea turtles in Melbourne Beach, Florida. Through a partnership with the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program (EELS), Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) will manage and conduct the educational programs offered at the Barrier Island Center. CCC will also be hosting nightly sea turtle walks from the Barrier Island Center during June and July.

In North America, sea turtles primarily nest from North Carolina through Florida, with over 90% occurring in Florida. Within that range is the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, a 20.5-mile section of shoreline between Melbourne Beach and Wabasso, along Florida's east central coast. Since its establishment by Congress in 1989, the Carr Refuge, named after CCC's founding scientific director, has been a major success. The stretch of beach within the Refuge boundary is home to the most important sea turtle nesting habitat in the United States. More loggerheads nest within the Carr Refuge than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. In addition, over the past several years there has been a significant increase in both green turtle and leatherback nesting. Protection of these beaches is essential to the survival and recovery of these three species.

Organization Type: Governmental, Non-profit

Activities: Conservation, Education, Outreach, Turtle Tours

Submitted: 2008-04-25 10:37:55
Last Modified: 2008-04-25 10:42:20

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