Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

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Program Description

Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation ProgramThe Georgia Department of Natural Resources is responsible for managing and protecting sea turtles in the state of Georgia, USA. Georgia DNR's Sea Turtle Conservation Program has several components including management, monitoring, research, and education. More specifically, cooperators locate and protect sea turtle nests (~150 km of coastline), document strandings, perform necropsies on dead strandings, work with the Georgia Sea Turtle Center to provide rehablitation for live strandings, conduct research, provide technical expertise on anthropogenic activities that have the potential to impact sea turtles (i.e., nourishment, dredging), and conduct education and outreach activities.
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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 465 (11.0%)
Unique Females: 256 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 4224 (4016)
  In Situ: 3553
  Relocated: 671 (15.8%)
  Incubating: 2039
  Emerged: 116
  Inventoried: 1346
  Lost: 525 (12.4%)
  Unknown: 200
  Excluded: 8
False Crawls: 3688

First Nest: St. Catherines (Loggerhead) 2026-05-05
First Emergence: Cumberland (Loggerhead) 2026-07-07

Last Nest: Wassaw (Loggerhead) 2026-08-09
Last Emergence: St. Simons (Loggerhead) 2026-08-11

Estimated Eggs to Date: 209791
  Eggs Lost: 27839 (13.2%)
  Hatched Eggs: 103654
  Emerged Hatchlings: 95575
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 56.3 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 113.2 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 50.6%
Mean Emergence Success: 46.8%
Program Nest Success: 30%
Program Beach Success: 53.3%
Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
Nests Species
SpeciesNestsHS%ES%
Loggerhead413950.546.6
Green Turtle585.285.2
Kemp's Ridley495.794.2
Unknown765250.8

Monthly Beach Report

Beach???MayJunJulAugOverall
NFCNFCNFCNFCNFCNFCHS%ES%R%
Blackbeard1108610119631610310312397 522 54.7 51.4 8.5
Cumberland7802632005905183351841251278 907 33 31.6 0.7
Jekyll20546692102577110205 239 79.8 75.3 29.2
Little Cumberland002930486119170096 108 41.7 39.8 70.8
Little St. Simons40504490107586930204 220 80 77.9 26.4
Little Tybee10004507005 12 0 0 20
Ossabaw25017310838430519316131778 575 48.7 44.7 6.2
Sapelo20593110687492110217 139 28.6 26.7 47.4
Sea Island1029144519392600114 59 72.1 62 34.2
St. Catherines609011625723912213923476 497 50.3 46.8 26.8
St. Simons0032158350021 15 72.7 67.2 38
Tybee Island30181123101263258 29 77.2 69.9 39.6
Wassaw409172185212938230375 366 72.6 62.6 25.3
Total137094579520351989108389129134224368850.646.815.8

Species Beach Report

BeachUnknownLoggerheadGreen TurtleKemp's RidleyTotal
Blackbeard1038700397
Cumberland561214531278
Egg Island00000
Jekyll020500205
Little Cumberland0960096
Little St. Simons220200204
Little Tybee14005
Ossabaw277501778
Raccoon Key00000
Sapelo321400217
Sea Island011400114
St. Catherines047600476
St. Simons0210021
Tybee Island2560058
Wassaw037500375
Williamson00000
Total764139544224