Tag: Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association

Donated ATV will help Boca Grande Sea Turtle nest protection

The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association recently received a $15,000 donation to purchase a utility task vehicle, or UTV, for turtle patrols this season. Arlene Hall of the Association wrote...

The rains came, the island got quieter

This Tuesday, the first rain of the season arrived. It was a real rain, too, precisely at 2:29 p.m., and resulted in some “nostalgic” puddles on the sides of the roads, ably slurped up by the...

Letters: Appreciation for Gasparilla Island sea turtle

To the Editor: On behalf of our permit holder, Denise Juergens, I am writing this letter from the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association (BGSTA) to acknowledge and thank the generous individuals,...

Charlotte County and Sea Turtle Association team up to clean the beaches

Charlotte County coastal staff and the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association volunteers participated in a beach cleanup last Wednesday, Dec. 11 to get Milton debris off the beach. “Would like...

And then there were 10: Turtle patrol winding down nest checks

And then there were ten. Yes, the BGSTA turtle patrollers are down to the last ten incubating nests on the island. Eight loggerhead and two green turtle nests. The last observed hatch was weeks...

Of 83 eggs, 36 had hatched. The day was looking up: Turtle Watch

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY Only 17 nests remain as of September 14! Of those, 14 are loggerhead and three are green turtle nests. Since September 8, we have seen eight nests either hatch...

Still 25 active incubating nests remain: Boca Grande Sea Turtle Assoc.

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY As of September 7, the Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association’s (BGSTA) “completion countdown” is at 25 nests. 21 of those are loggerhead nests and four are green...

Three loggerhead hatches this week: Boca Grande Sea Turtle Assoc.

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY As of August 31, the BGSTA turtle patrollers have officially phased out of monitoring the entire length of each of our zones and will now only focus on the...

Pace slows, no new crawls in 2024 season: Boca Grande Turtle Patrol

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY With no new crawls this past week, it is almost certain that we have seen the end of the nesting phase of the 2024 season. After a certain number of consecutive...

What to do if you encounter baby turtles: Boca Grande Turtle Patrol

BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY Even though Debby disrupted most of the incubating nests on the island, many of those that survived her onslaught are going about their business as usual. As of...