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smashley1988 » 3pm - Jul 13, 2011
Fish and Wildlife Service relocated sea turtles nests in response to the Gulf oil spill. Loggerhead sea turtles lay about 700 nests every year in the Florida Panhandle. After the eggs are excavated and placed into nest boxes, they are transported by tractor trailer to the Kennedy Space Center where they are monitored until they hatch. They are then released on Atlantic Coast beaches.
This rescue effort is made possible by volunteers like the Friends of St. Joe Buffer Preserve. FedEx has donated the transportation of all the sea turtle nests from the West to East Coast of Florida. As of early August, we have relocated 176 nests from the Florida Panhandle. That's over 20,000 eggs. The hatchlings from these eggs have a greater chance of survival than leaving them to swim out into potentially oiled waters.
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