Friends of Hunting Island Sea Turtle Conservation Project

 

 

Hunting Island State Park has an energetic group called FOHI 

One of their top projects is the 

Sea Turtle Conservation Project Volunteers 

the program was established in 1981 

it ranks globally among the ranks of elite sea turtle conservation 

Loggerhead Turtles are our 21st century connection to ancient reptiles

Sea turtles have been in our oceans for 145 million years, but nowadays their numbers are declining.   

Sea Turtle Conservation Project Volunteers with the Friends of Hunting Island 

stop this decline 

 

In 2013, volunteers located and protected 125 loggerhead nests in the six zones of the Hunting Island State Park Beach.  

about 7700 young turtles successfully hatched, assisted by our efforts. 

and that is something to be proud of!

 turtle season runs from May 

We re with two turtle talking about turtle season 

not hunting season! 

turtle nesting, turtle hatchlings, turtle eggs, walking turtle watch at sunrise on a pristine beach