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Reporting an Injured Sea Turtle. Broward County Sea Turtle Emergency Hotline: 954-328-0580. FWC's 24-hour Wildlife Alert Number: 1-888-404-3922. If you observe an adult sea turtle or hatchling on the beach, please adhere to the following rules and guidelines:
101 NE Third Avenue, Ste. 100, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301. 954-765-4466
As employees of NSU, the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program (BCSTCP) is responsible for 24 miles of Broward County beaches. The BCSTCP provides conservation for threatened and endangered sea turtles. Our mission is to contribute to sea turtle conservation through beach monitoring, providing thorough and relevant data to local, state ...
- How to Reserve A Walk to See Florida Sea Turtles
- Florida Sea Turtles Along Florida’s Gulf Coast
- See Florida Sea Turtles Every Day
- 2024 Sea Turtle Nesting Data from The Florida Wildlife Commission
Nearly all sea-turtle walks require reservations. Some get booked for the season on the day they take reservations, and some don’t take reservations until specific dates. Several of the best sea-turtle walk locations are away from urban centers, so a turtle walk might make a good anchor to a weekend getaway or vacation trip. To see a nesting turtle...
Florida sea turtles do nest along the Gulf Coast, but not as densely. As a result, turtle walks are rare along the Gulf Coast. The area with the greatest density of sea turtle nesting is Sarasota County. (If you know of a turtle walk, please add it to comments below.)
Several of the groups offering sea turtle walks have turtles in their care on exhibit — Gumbo Limbo in Boca Raton, Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach and John D. MacArthur Beach State Park. Here’s a list of places where you can see captive sea turtles. You can get close to an endangered species any day of the year with a tour of a non-profi...
Here are statewide totals as of Aug. 31, 2024: 1. 109,929 loggerhead nests (133,958 in 2023 and 116,503 in 2022) 2. 12,928 green turtle nests (74,823 in 2023 and 36,488 in 2022) 3. 1,795 leatherback nests (1,711 in 2023 and 1,825 in 2022) 4. 24 confirmed Kemp’s ridley nests (10 in 2023 and 8 in 2022) The FWD statement says the leatherback and Kemp’...
From Fort Lauderdale Beach Park to Oakland Park Boulevard, the City monitored data for 540 turtle nests, which represents a 42 percent increase from 2011. In addition, Table 1 below shows that for the past four years there has been a steady increase in sea turtles nests located on the City’s beach. These statistics offer hope that the status ...
The site features our very own green turtle, as well as an interactive Interpretive Center with displays ranging on topics from sea turtle conservation to marine debris. Additionally, we offer programs for the public on various coastal ecology and sea turtle topics, as well as programming specifically for school groups with a curriculum tailored to the marine sciences.
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If you see someone harassing a sea turtle or poaching a nest, please call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at 1-888-404-FWCC (3922). In addition to the national and state laws, the City of Fort Lauderdale adopted Chapter 6, Article III. - Sea Turtles of its Code of Ordinances to help protect threatened and endangered ...
