About Us and
What we do
The Longboat Key Turtle Watch group patrols Gulf side beaches starting at the Manatee
County line (Turtle Crawl Inn), north to the Longboat Pass bridge (Beer Can Island).
This stretch of beach is divided into 4 zones and is patrolled by 38 volunteers, who walk
the beach at 6:30 AM in the morning, one or more days a week. The patrols start May 1st,
and usually end by mid September when all the marked nests have hatched or been dug up.
Walkers in the North zone (A, B) meet at the Whitney Beach parking lot, Broadway St.
(6990 GMD). Walkers in the South zone (C, D) meet at Covert Inn II (5231 GMD) parking
lot and the 6400 Building (6400 GMD) parking lot. Walking time is about 1 hour.
74 nests were found, verified, staked and monitored on our beaches in 2006.
COME JOIN US !!
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A day in the life of
an LBK Sea Turtle Watch
Volunteer
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A picture of
members from the LBK Turtle Watch Group
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Our 2008 officers
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Educating the Public
