Click here to take a look at Turtle Tales. It describes turtle patrol on Kiawah Island & the sea turtles living off South Carolina's coast.   Click here to see my photo book of the turtle release at Beachwalker Park on June 3, 2011.	The Turtle Nest Welcome to The Turtle Nest!  We (the turtles and I) are so glad you are here!  This site was created to spread the word about endangered loggerhead turtles.  The experiences, photos, and information shared on this web site have been obtained through participating in the Kiawah Island Turtle Patrol program.  Please sit back, relax, and "surf" with the turtles!
	2011 Turtle Season September 29th - Late Breaking Island News: 6:00 p.m. 9/29/11.  The Sea Turtle Hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium will be releasing not one but TWO sea turtles on Friday, September 30th.  The release will be on the beach at Night Heron Park at 1:00 p.m..  See you on the beach! Nesting patrol reports a new total of 254 nests. No new nests now, but some wild nests are hatching and increasing Kiawah's total number of nests. Wondering if "your" nest hatched?  Click here to find out! Click here for more details about Kiawah's nests, including a map...
	Sea turtles dig the dark... LIGHTS OUT FOR SEA TURTLES!
	Did you know? The Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta Caretta, was designated as the official reptile of the State of South Carolina by the General Assembly on June 1, 1988, by Act No. 588.
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