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 (11.1%)
Unique Females: 256 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 4203 (4026)
  In Situ: 3535
  Relocated: 668 (15.8%)
  Incubating: 2271
  Emerged: 172
  Inventoried: 1092
  Lost: 500 (11.8%)
  Unknown: 170
  Excluded: 7
False Crawls: 3689

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

Last Nest: Tybee Island (Loggerhead) 2026-08-07
Last Emergence: Tybee Island (Loggerhead) 2026-08-07

Estimated Eggs to Date: 185943
  Eggs Lost: 27226 (14.6%)
  Hatched Eggs: 84409
  Emerged Hatchlings: 77327
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 56.7 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 113.3 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 48.3%
Mean Emergence Success: 44.5%
Program Nest Success: 24.5%
Program Beach Success: 53.2%
Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
Nests Species
SpeciesNestsHS%ES%
Loggerhead412748.244.2
Green Turtle585.285.2
Kemp's Ridley495.794.2
Unknown6752.851.5

Monthly Beach Report

Beach???MayJunJulAugOverall
NFCNFCNFCNFCNFCNFCHS%ES%R%
Blackbeard1108610119531610310312396 522 54.3 50.4 8.5
Cumberland670263200590518335184951264 907 31.5 30.2 0.7
Jekyll20546691103577110204 240 80.4 75.2 29.4
Little Cumberland002930486119170096 108 43 40.9 70.8
Little St. Simons40504490107586930204 220 78.9 76.3 26.4
Little Tybee10004507005 12 0 0 20
Ossabaw24017310838430519316121776 575 46 42.3 6.3
Sapelo20593110687492110217 139 27.9 26 47.4
Sea Island1029144519392600114 59 71.5 60.2 34.2
St. Catherines609011625723912213923476 497 47.6 43.8 26.8
St. Simons0032158350021 15 60.3 54.1 38
Tybee Island20181123101262256 29 78 70.2 37.5
Wassaw409172185212938220374 366 71.3 61.7 25.1
Total124094579520331990108389123134203368948.344.515.8

Species Beach Report

BeachUnknownLoggerheadGreen TurtleKemp's RidleyTotal
Blackbeard1038600396
Cumberland481208531264
Egg Island00000
Jekyll020400204
Little Cumberland0960096
Little St. Simons220200204
Little Tybee14005
Ossabaw277301776
Raccoon Key00000
Sapelo321400217
Sea Island011400114
St. Catherines047600476
St. Simons0210021
Tybee Island1550056
Wassaw037400374
Williamson00000
Total674127544203