Sea Turtle Oversight Protection

Our Current Programs Hatchling Rescue and Disorientation Documentation March 1 to October 31 Turtle nesting season runs from March 1 to October 31. During this time, our volunteers are involved in permit-related conservation, preservation and documentation activities on the clock. This includes compiling data about nest locations mapping the locations and documenting disorientation events and educating the public at large. Our field volunteers use this data for their rescue and recovery efforts. Our administrative volunteers and local, state and federal governmental agencies use this data as a tool for enforcing better protection thresholds to reduce disorientation events for endangered sea turtle species. For our field volunteers, this information enables them to be there when hatchlings emerge from a nest. If all goes well, our volunteers see a group of hatchlings going to the ocean.