The leatherback sea turtle is a unique and phenomenal species.
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Responsibilities include all of the responsibilities of Team Members plus the following:Īttend a special training for probers to learn to identify the precise location of a nest.īe reassigned, when necessary, to a day when the need for a prober is greatest.Įxtract one egg from each nest for DNA testing.ĭetermine whether a nest should be relocated.
Sea Turtle Nest Probers/ Team Leaders (returning volunteers only): Participate in nest inventories when hatching is complete.Įnjoy the beautiful sunrises and watch for mother sea turtles leaving the beach! Monitor nests for signs of predation and later hatching. Walk the beach with Team Leaders and look for turtle tracks and nests. Report to the Visitors’ Center at 6 AM one day per week during the nesting and hatching season, May through mid-October.
Inventory nests when hatching is complete.Īttend a morning training session on South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Friends of Hunting Island requirements and procedures during the first week of May.
Monitor nests for signs of hatching and hatchling emergence. Protect nests with mesh and wire cages and identify with official signage. Help relocate nests laid within the intertidal zone to higher ground. Walk the Hunting Island State Park beach with other volunteers to identify sea turtle crawls (tracks) and nests. People like YOU, who, as member of Friends of Hunting Island, commit to join the Project.