Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation Program

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Program Description

Georgia DNR Sea Turtle Conservation ProgramThe Georgia Department of Natural Resources is responsible for managing and protecting sea turtles in the state of Georgia, USA. Georgia DNR's Sea Turtle Conservation Program has several components including management, monitoring, research, and education. More specifically, cooperators locate and protect sea turtle nests (~150 km of coastline), document strandings, perform necropsies on dead strandings, work with the Georgia Sea Turtle Center to provide rehablitation for live strandings, conduct research, provide technical expertise on anthropogenic activities that have the potential to impact sea turtles (i.e., nourishment, dredging), and conduct education and outreach activities.
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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 465 (11.0%)
Unique Females: 256 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 4243 (3971)
  In Situ: 3571
  Relocated: 672 (15.8%)
  Incubating: 1567
  Emerged: 147
  Inventoried: 1701
  Lost: 568 (13.3%)
  Unknown: 263
  Excluded: 9
False Crawls: 3688

First Nest: Cumberland (Loggerhead) 2026-05-05
First Emergence: Cumberland (Loggerhead) 2026-07-07

Last Nest: Jekyll (Green Turtle) 2026-08-16
Last Emergence: Blackbeard (Loggerhead) 2026-08-18

Estimated Eggs to Date: 238586
  Eggs Lost: 28790 (12%)
  Hatched Eggs: 127739
  Emerged Hatchlings: 118661
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 55.5 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 113.2 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 51.9%
Mean Emergence Success: 48.3%
Program Nest Success: 37.1%
Program Beach Success: 53.4%
Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
Nests Species
SpeciesNestsHS%ES%
Loggerhead414251.948.3
Green Turtle785.184.6
Kemp's Ridley495.794.2
Unknown9050.148.8

Monthly Beach Report

Beach???MayJunJulAugOverall
NFCNFCNFCNFCNFCNFCHS%ES%R%
Blackbeard1308610119731410310312400 520 52.8 49.6 8.5
Cumberland8602632005905183351841261286 908 34.5 33.3 0.6
Jekyll20546693101577110207 238 79.1 75.3 29.4
Little Cumberland002930486119170096 108 40.2 38.4 70.8
Little St. Simons80504490107586930208 220 79.8 77.8 25.9
Little Tybee10004508005 13 0 0 20
Ossabaw25017310838430519316131778 575 50.3 46.5 6.2
Sapelo20593110687492110217 139 31.3 29.6 47.4
Sea Island1029144519392600114 59 71.2 62.2 34.2
St. Catherines709011625823912213924478 498 52.2 48.9 26.7
St. Simons0032158350021 15 72.7 67.2 38
Tybee Island30181123101263258 29 71.8 65.3 39.6
Wassaw409172185212938230375 366 72.9 63.9 25.3
Total152094579520381986108389229154243368851.948.315.8

Species Beach Report

BeachUnknownLoggerheadGreen TurtleKemp's RidleyTotal
Blackbeard1238800400
Cumberland641213631286
Egg Island00000
Jekyll020610207
Little Cumberland0960096
Little St. Simons620200208
Little Tybee14005
Ossabaw277501778
Raccoon Key00000
Sapelo321400217
Sea Island011400114
St. Catherines047800478
St. Simons0210021
Tybee Island2560058
Wassaw037500375
Williamson00000
Total904142744243