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                Sea Turtle Nesting Season Returns To Palm Beach



                      County With ‘Respect The Locals’ Campaign



        Re se a rc he rs                                the data showed that there were a smaller proportion of false   and camouflages the nest.
      a t  L o gge rhe a d                              crawls during the shutdown, which is when nesting females     • Letting hatchlings emerge: If you see hatchlings on the
      Marinelife Center                                 crawl onto the beach and return to the water without laying eggs.  beach, allow them to crawl to the ocean on their own. Do not
      (LMC) are keeping a                                 As mothers return, it’s especially important to remind   remove or dig hatchlings out of a nest. Removing sand above
      watchful eye for the                              beachgoers of best practices during the season. This includes:  the nest will make it more difficult for the hatchlings to emerge.
      return  of  sea  turtle                             • Keeping your distance: Never approach or touch a nesting     • Turning off lights: Keep lights off at your house while
      nesting season in                                 sea turtle. Keep your distance, always stay out of the line of sight,   not in use and close your blinds at night to avoid adding to the
      Palm Beach County                                 remain quiet and keep all lights off (including flash photography   overall glow. Sea turtles crawl towards the brightest horizon,
      and have kicked off its                           and cell phones). Touching, prodding or shining lights may cause
      “Respect the Locals”                              her to not lay eggs or disturb her and affect how well she covers   Loggerhead News on page 7
      awareness campaign.
      Between March 1 and
      Oct. 31, sea turtles
      nest on the 9.5-mile
      stretch  of  beach
      that LMC monitors,  Hatchling emergence
      which spans from the
      northern Palm Beach County line to the northern boundary
      of John D. MacArthur Beach State Park. Last year, the center
      documented 16,935 sea turtle nests totaling 286 leatherback,
      13,059 loggerhead and 3,590 green sea turtle nests. Additionally,
      it’s estimated that 800,000 hatchlings were produced from the
      2020 nesting season alone.
        However, the previous nesting season had some advantages
      due to temporary beach closures. According to LMC data,
      loggerhead nesting success on Juno Beach was 60 percent
      when they first arrived in April during closures, whereas nesting
      success dropped to 48 percent when beaches reopened. In short,























      Nesting leatherback (storm)


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