{"id":1420,"date":"2016-04-28T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2016-04-28T09:38:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T13:38:07","slug":"sea-turtle-nesting-season-begins-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/ponte-vedra\/sea-turtle-nesting-season-begins-may-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep the beach safe for nesting sea turtles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By NewsLine Staff<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mail@floridanewsline.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The beaches of St. Johns County are home to several species of endangered or threatened sea turtles. Sea turtle nesting season begins May 1 and St. Johns County officials are asking residents, visitors and businesses to help protect natural habitat by observing all nesting season laws and regulations.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Between May 1 and October 31, vehicular traffic on the beach is allowed between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. In addition, all beachfront properties are required to reduce their impact by eliminating interior and exterior lights which may disrupt nesting sea turtles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These measures are enacted to ensure compliance with the St. Johns County Habitat Conservation Plan and Incidental Take Permit. Beach visitors can also have a positive impact on nesting sea turtles by taking the following actions while enjoying the beach:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refrain from using fireworks and open fires.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remove ruts and fill in holes left by vehicles and sand castle building.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please remove all chairs, umbrellas or canopies from the beach before dark. These items are subject to removal by county staff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When using a flashlight on the beach, please use a flashlight filter. These free filters can be found at the Vilano walkover, the St. Johns County Pier and at street ends in St. Augustine Beach.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avoid entering sand dunes and conservation zones (15 feet seaward of the dune line).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refrain from using balloons, as they can fall into the ocean and harm marine life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Never approach sea turtles emerging from or returning to the sea. Nesting sea turtles are vulnerable, timid and can be easily frightened away.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Never push an injured animal back into the ocean. If an injured, sick or deceased sea turtle is encountered, call the St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office non-emergency dispatch line at (904) 824-8304.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leave only your footprints, providing the turtles with a safe and clean habitat in which to nest and hatch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact St. Johns County Habitat Conservation and Beach Management at (904) 209-3740 or visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjcfl.us\/hcp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.sjcfl.us\/hcp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NewsLine Staff mail@floridanewsline.com The beaches of St. Johns County are home to several species of endangered or threatened sea turtles. Sea turtle nesting season begins May 1 and St. Johns County officials are asking residents, visitors and businesses to help protect natural habitat by observing all nesting season laws and regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creekline-st-johns","8":"category-ponte-vedra"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to keep the beach safe for nesting sea turtles - Florida NewsLine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CreekLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy NewsLine Staff mail@floridanewsline.com The beaches of St. Johns County are home to several species of endangered or threatened sea turtles. 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