Sad news for turtle nesting as loggerhead unable to find place to lay her eggs

[salidaco]

Disgusting and sad. On a side note, we just went down the Ecofina on the canoe. Embarassing the amount of garbage floating and on the botom of that river. Makes me sad that people just do not get some "life basics". I would think that you would see that mess, be disgusted by it, not throw(or leave) your mess.

 

[maxman]

This should also be posted with local govt. section. This is totally "low rent"

A South Walton Turtle Watch volunteer marked off with flags where loggerhead turtle attempted to nest.​

Sad news for turtle nesting as loggerhead
unable to find place to lay her eggs

South Walton Turtle Watch volunteers continue to struggle to find turtle nest success in South Walton. These photos were taken by volunteers June 17. The above photo show where a loggerhead turtle attempted to nest but was unable due to obstructions left on the beach. No one knows for sure why she gave up, but the appears the tracks spell out the message. The photo below shows the abundance of items left overnight along the beaches in Miramar Beach. Without a clear path to a nesting area beyond the high tide line, turtles will simply give up and go back to the Gulf. As of June 17, there has been 9 successful nests laid.

 

[wrobert]

This should also be posted with local govt. section. This is totally "low rent"

Yea but it is Miramar. Lean-to s selling food. Tattoo parlors. Everyone parking everywhere. The whole place looks worse than Panama City Beach on a bad day.

 

[ItzKatzTime]

Let's think positive....maybe this turtle was smarter then we give it credit for and decided to move to a spot that she felt was more secure for their safety.

No that does not make it right...but positive thoughts help more then negative ones. Even if we change our perspective about those who leave their garbage behind. When you get angry with another the sword you are holding turns and it is you that it is facing.

"Would you rather be right or happy?"
~A Course in Miracles

The fight to be right is so much harder then choosing happiness.

 

[wrobert]

Let's think positive....maybe this turtle was smarter then we give it credit for and decided to move to a spot that she felt was more secure for their safety.

No that does not make it right...but positive thoughts help more then negative ones. Even if we change our perspective about those who leave their garbage behind. When you get angry with another the sword you are holding turns and it is you that it is facing.

"Would you rather be right or happy?"
~A Course in Miracles

The fight to be right is so much harder then choosing happiness.

She probably thought she was still too far east and went back looking for the sowal beaches we use to have.

 

[scooterbug44]

Let's think positive....maybe this turtle was smarter then we give it credit for and decided to move to a spot that she felt was more secure for their safety.

No that does not make it right...but positive thoughts help more then negative ones. Even if we change our perspective about those who leave their garbage behind. When you get angry with another the sword you are holding turns and it is you that it is facing.

"Would you rather be right or happy?"
~A Course in Miracles

The fight to be right is so much harder then choosing happiness.

I'd rather be sitting on a beach that isn't so full of crap an endangered species can't lay their eggs there.

It's not asking too much - many visitors and locals manage to pick up after themselves.

 

[wrobert]

I'd rather be sitting on a beach that isn't so full of crap an endangered species can't lay their eggs there.

It's not asking too much - many visitors and locals manage to pick up after themselves.

The pictures were really amazing. I had no idea it was that bad down there. I never left my stuff on the beach unless I was sleeping in it.

 

[Walton Outdoors]

 

[30A Skunkape]

After doing some research on Federal protections loggerheads enjoy, it seems to me that the majority of the conservation effort has been aimed at fisheries regulation. Does anyone with more knowledge on the topic know if there are regulations regarding unintentional beach harassment (obviously, it is illegal to intentionally disturb the turtles)? It seems to me that the armoring of the beach with crap that forces the turtles away is analogous to leaving a drifting gill net out in the ocean. If there were penalties for 'property owners' who passively molest the turtles with crap there might be motivation on the part of the lazy masses to remove their stuff at night.

 

[Bobby J]

So..... The public beach part would make the actual people that leave their stuff liable and the supposed "private beach" (BTW, there is no such a thing ) area would make the actual homeowner and renter liable? Hmmmmmm...