Author: Tonya Bramlage

TURTLE TRACKS: A rare wonder found on a Boca Grande beach

August 5, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
Columns, News

This week on turtle patrol, a Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol volunteer was stunned to discover a very unusual hatchling. On rare occasion, an anomaly such as this poses a unique challenge...

TURTLE TRACKS: All that data collecting must be tiring

July 29, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
Columns

The Statewide Nesting Beach Survey (SNBS) program was initiated in 1979 under a cooperative agreement between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

Turtle tracks: Turtle facts you might not know

July 21, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
Columns, News

Have you ever wondered what kind of data the The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Patrol Team with its 26 volunteers documents? Specific data of every single sea turtle nest on the Island including their GPS...

TURTLE TRACKS: Turtle facts you might not know

July 15, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
Columns, News

Did you know that temperature has a big impact on sea turtle hatchlings? The time it takes for hatchlings to hatch is dependent partly on the temperature of the sand. Sea turtles are born without sex...

TURTLE TALK: Need turtle info? Look to Turtle Talks to find out more

July 8, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
Columns, News

Right before a busy beach-going holiday, it is common for Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers to encounter innumerable individuals asking for additional information once they learn about...

Now might be a good time to consider sustainable gardening

July 1, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
News

Every day, we add more people on planet Earth and less topsoil, water and land with which to grow food. In 1945, the United Nations established the Food and Agriculture Organization that deals directly...

TURTLE TRACKS: Beach trash needs to be looked at as a serious turtle hazard

July 1, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
News

As we head into peak nesting season, now is the time when sea turtle patrollers really come together and work hard as a team. There are multiple nests laid each day on eight different zones from the...

Turtle tracks: Working as a team to achieve more

June 24, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
Columns

The seeker of lost items; the payment of seeing the immeasurable joy that comes with things found

June 17, 2022
Tonya Bramlage
News

What do people do when they have lost something valuable at the beach? We never quite know how it happens, but when the moment comes, we realize the crisis instantly. We identify the unsettling experience...

When fishing near rookeries, use caution and take care

Fishing action is heavy right now in island waters, as is juvenile bird season. Many of our local feathered brethren are taking care of their young in their nests in local rookeries. When you combine...