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The loggerhead sea turtle nesting season in Georgia has started on time and, as the last two years, on Cumberland Island.
Wildlife biologist Doug Hoffman of the National Park Service confirmed the state’s first loggerhead nest of 2016 at Cumberland Tuesday. The Georgia Conservancy’s Laura Buckmaster, who manages the organization’s Cumberland Trail Restoration Project, spotted the turtle crawl that morning.
Georgia's southernmost barrier island had the first nest in 2014 and 2015.
Sea Turtle Program Coordinator Mark Dodd of Georgia DNR said loggerhead nesting usually begins in early May and hits full stride by June. And Dodd is expecting another busy year -- possibly even another record year, like 2015 -- for the Georgia Sea Turtle Cooperative, a DNR-coordinated network of volunteers, researchers and agency employees who patrol Georgia’s barrier island beaches daily during nesting season.
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