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Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol works with the Army Corps of Engineers and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to protect sea turtles during beach renourishment.reader, Tonya W., wants to know how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can avoid disturbing sea turtles during a current beach renourishment project in Duval County.Recommended Videos
If a nest is found, it’ll be moved to a designated area that will not be part of the beach renourishment project, Brown says.Sea turtle nesting season runs May 1 through Oct. 31, and this beach renourishment project is expected to wrap up in mid-August. The project,, will widen the beach and elevate the sand from the Duval-St. Johns County line to the mouth of the St. Johns River.
“We have these safeguards in place. We’ve done this before,” Brown says. “This will be my third renourishment project, and I will tell you that the hatchling rate was very good. So relocating the nest does not disrupt the emerging process.”
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