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Welcome to the Caretta Research Project!
Click Here for the 2008 Volunteer Schedule and Application!
Since 1973, the Caretta Research Project has been a hands-on research and conservation program dedicated to protecting the Loggerhead Seat Turtle, Caretta caretta.
The three goals of the project are:
- To learn more about the population levels and trends / nesting habits of loggerhead turtles
- To enhance survival of eggs and hatchlings on a nesting beach, and
- To involve people in turtle preservation.
Each year, for 16 weeks during the summer, groups of volunteers travel to the beaches of Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge near Savannah, Georgia, USA. The volunteers monitor egg-laying activity / hatching rates and collect data on the loggerhead turtles.
CRP cooperates with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wassaw Island Trust who administer the refuge. Click on our links to find out more!
EXCITING NEWS! Not every research project boasts its own hero, but the Caretta Research Project again defies all boundaries by providing the BOOKS OF JIM! Click here to find out more!
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Or maybe you just want a turtle tattoo...
Mike Frick's artwork may be just the thing you need. Click here to find out more! |
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They say that the earth rests upon the back of a turtle, but who's got the turtle's back?
The Remigrator and Paco do... by taking back one beach at a time. With a no-nonsense approach to raising some shell for the environment and sea turtles everywhere, this team means business!
Click here to read the monthly edition of The Remigrator and Paco! |
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