Leatherback Turtle in Sowal

[GoodWitch58]

Thanks for the information. The turtles are truly a magic part of our environment and it is sad what is happening. I think we would all be wise to be more cognizant of how we are called to be stewards of the land...when we honor the land, we save the turtles, and ourselves.

one of my favorite quotes:

"We and our country create one another...our land passes in and out of our bodies just as our bodies pass in and out of our land...therefore, our culture must be our response to our place. Our culture and our place are images of each other and inseparable from each other, and so neither can be better than the other. In short, what we do to the land, we do to ourselves".

Wendell Berry, American farmer, poet, and author of many books about the land.

 

[Jdarg]

Thanks for the information. The turtles are truly a magic part of our environment and it is sad what is happening. I think we would all be wise to be more cognizant of how we are called to be stewards of the land...when we honor the land, we save the turtles, and ourselves.

one of my favorite quotes:

"We and our country create one another...our land passes in and out of our bodies just as our bodies pass in and out of our land...therefore, our culture must be our response to our place. Our culture and our place are images of each other and inseparable from each other, and so neither can be better than the other. In short, what we do to the land, we do to ourselves".

Wendell Berry, American farmer, poet, and author of many books about the land.

He is from Kentucky, and his farm is not far from where we lived. He is a conservation giant.

 

[GoodWitch58]

yeah, he is one of my favorites. His poems are awesome.

 

[ozbeachmom]

Wow, how awesome is this! Isn't Mother Nature the greatest...

 

[seacrestkristi]

Amen, ozbeachmom ...6 feet wide, awesome...
BeachSteelers, 500lbs.,10 feet away Did you get out or what?

 

[Kurt]

Thanks for the information. The turtles are truly a magic part of our environment and it is sad what is happening. I think we would all be wise to be more cognizant of how we are called to be stewards of the land...when we honor the land, we save the turtles, and ourselves.

one of my favorite quotes:

"We and our country create one another...our land passes in and out of our bodies just as our bodies pass in and out of our land...therefore, our culture must be our response to our place. Our culture and our place are images of each other and inseparable from each other, and so neither can be better than the other. In short, what we do to the land, we do to ourselves".

Wendell Berry, American farmer, poet, and author of many books about the land.

I love that quote. But if we don't learn how to respect and care for ourselves (our minds, and our bodies), and teach the next generation to do the same, how will we ever really learn to respect and care for our environment?

 

[GoodWitch58]

Kurt, It is all one and the same...someday maybe more people will "get" the fact that we are all connected people and the land.

I think the Native Americans understood this, as do the Native Islanders...Berry certainly reminds us of the connection in his work.

Perhaps you will like this one too. It is my favorite of his work. It got me through the times my son was deployed in the war:

"When despair for the world grows in me
And I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's life may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."

Wendell Berry

 

[yippie]

Kurt,

Is there any way you could go take some photos so we can see?

 

[ladyj]

Here's a pic. The nest is all those flipper marks you see. She's hidden the eggs in one of three areas. They don't know which.

 

[Christian]

Re: sea turtle numbers down across Panhandle

Here's more information that just came to TurtleWatch from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. It shows a major decline in nesting loggerhead (our most common species) turtles over the last eight years. Again, more unfortunate evidence that shows the sea turtles are suffering and need all the help they can get.

Loggerhead nests:
2000 1118
2001 880
2002 691
2003 832
2004 752
2005 620
2006 623
2007 so far we have 300 nests (some beaches not reporting on spreadsheet)
looks like this season will be even lower!