ANERR offering opportunity to excavate hatched sea turtle nests

                Sea turtle nests are beginning to hatch and the turtle patrol at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve will be taking interested members of the public on beach walks to help excavate hatched nests.

According to the Research Reserve, this has been a record year for sea turtle nests.

The earliest nests are now beginning to hatch, and as that happens, the turtle patrol examines the nests to see how many of the eggs hatched or what might have prevented some of the eggs from hatching.

This year the turtle patrol has a limited number of spaces available for interested members of the public to be a part of the excavations.

Since there is now way of knowing when the nests will hatch, the Research reserve will accept reservations and call people on the list when a nest is ready for excavation.

The excavations will take place between 7 and 9 in the mornings on St. George Island.

To place your name on the call list, call Emily Jackson at 670-7743.

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