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Canaveral National Seashore started a program in the 1980's that involved the conservation of the nesting sea turtles on the seashore, as well as educating the public on the importance of these endangered and threatened species. The seashore offers a safe place for the female sea turtles to come up and nest on the beach.
One of the conservation efforts has been to screen every single nest. This basically means that every nest on the beach gets a screen over the nest and this helps prevent predators from digging into the nest, and stealing the eggs. Every one hundredth nest is monitored and studied by our biologists. Since the 1980's Canaveral National Seashores conservation efforts has a 90% success rate.
An important part of the seashore conservation efforts has been the education of the public. Every June and July guests come to the Sea Turtle Watch Program, not only do guests get to watch a loggerhead sea turtle lay her eggs, they also get to learn about the importance of the sea turtles to our environment, and learn how they can help this species survive.
The Titusville Sea Turtle Festival allows the City of Titusville, as well as Canaveral National Seashore to become partners in an effort to bring more awareness of the long standing conservation issues on sea turtles. Not only does the seashore host over 4000 nests a year, the connecting lagoon systems also provide a safe habitat for green and loggerhead sea turtles.
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