Georgia's Loggerhead Sea Turtles

The Caretta Research Project (CRP) is a hands-on research, conservation, and education project that studies and protects the threatened loggerhead sea turtles that nest on the beaches of Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. It begain in 1973, and continues toda as the longest continuously run tagging program in the United States. The CRP is also an "eco-vacation," where the public can join us on Wassaw Island for one-week sessions between May and early September, researching and protecting the loggerhead sea turtles. 

Kris will talk about the different species of sea turtles that we have encountered along the Georgia coast and reasons for their historic decline, recent recovery efforts, and walk you through a field season on Wassaw to show how the CRP is helping to save Georgia's loggerhead sea turtle population.