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: 468 (10.9%)
Unique Females: 258 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 4292 (3757)
  In Situ: 3618
  Relocated: 674 (15.7%)
  Incubating: 60
  Emerged: 3
  Inventoried: 3018
  Lost: 687 (16%)
  Unknown: 525
  Excluded: 10
False Crawls: 3680

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

Last Nest: Blackbeard (Loggerhead) 2026-08-30
Last Emergence: Tybee Island (Loggerhead) 2026-09-28

Estimated Eggs to Date: 333581
  Eggs Lost: 29748 (8.9%)
  Hatched Eggs: 197321
  Emerged Hatchlings: 184956
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 54.7 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 113.1 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 50.7%
Mean Emergence Success: 47.6%
Program Nest Success: 60.9%
Program Beach Success: 53.8%
Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
Nests Species
SpeciesNestsHS%ES%
Loggerhead417450.747.6
Green Turtle752.552.4
Kemp's Ridley447.847.1
Unknown10752.351.2

Monthly Beach Report

Beach???MayJunJulAugOverall
NFCNFCNFCNFCNFCNFCHS%ES%R%
Blackbeard1708610120330810410222412 513 48.8 46.2 8.7
Cumberland10402632005905183351841361305 908 35.8 34.5 0.6
Jekyll20546693101587010208 237 71.9 68.8 29.3
Little Cumberland002930486119170096 108 45.5 44 70.8
Little St. Simons90504490107586930209 220 72 70.4 25.8
Little Tybee10004508005 13 0 0 20
Ossabaw34017310838430519316132787 576 48.4 45.5 6.2
Sapelo30593110687492010218 138 36.6 34.3 47.2
Sea Island1029144519392600114 59 69.1 60.8 34.2
St. Catherines909011625823912213934481 498 51.1 48 26.6
St. Simons0032158350021 15 63.7 59.4 38
Tybee Island30181123101263259 28 69.5 64.9 38.9
Wassaw609172185212938231377 367 66.6 59.3 25.1
Total189094579520441980108588932174292368050.747.615.7

Species Beach Report

BeachUnknownLoggerheadGreen TurtleKemp's RidleyTotal
Blackbeard1739500412
Cumberland711225631305
Egg Island00000
Jekyll020710208
Little Cumberland0960096
Little St. Simons720200209
Little Tybee14005
Ossabaw678001787
Raccoon Key00000
Sapelo321500218
Sea Island011400114
St. Catherines048100481
St. Simons0210021
Tybee Island2570059
Wassaw037700377
Williamson00000
Total1074174744292