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JUNO BEACH — Researchers saw fewer sea turtle nests on a 9.5-mile stretch of beach in Juno Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta this season than they did in the three seasons before it.
There were just over 9,390 nests along Palm Beach’s Atlantic coastline for the 2023 nesting season, Perretta said. Those numbers far eclipsed the previous year's total of 7,303.
Sea turtle nesting season in 2023 was a record breaker for coastal communities in Broward County, officials said Monday. The season runs between March 1 and Oct. 31, and is essential for the ...
The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) System, located along a twenty-mile (30 km) section of coastline from Melbourne Beach to Wabasso Beach, Florida, along State Road A1A. The 900 acre (3.6 km 2) refuge was established in 1991, to protect the loggerhead and green sea turtles.
Florida’s 2023 turtle nesting season, which runs from March through October, is only halfway through and has already reached record-breaking numbers.
The beaches of South Florida serve as a nesting habitat for the loggerhead, green, and leatherback sea turtles. Unfortunately, every species of sea turtle alive today is either classified as a threatened or endangered species. Gumbo Limbo works together with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to protect the area's sea turtles.
Part of the refuge is inside the town of Jupiter Island, while the rest is in the unincorporated areas of Martin County. The 1,035-acre (4.19 km 2) refuge was established in 1969, to protect the loggerhead and green sea turtles. It is administered as part of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. [2]
The number of recorded nests this year is close to 1,500, an all-time high for Volusia County. What is behind the big numbers? Here is what we know.