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Speakers, volunteer patrol warn council of sea turtle hatchling disorientation from beachfront lighting
Summary
Residents and a volunteer sea turtle monitor told the Jacksonville Beach City Council that artificial lighting along the oceanfront has caused multiple nesting failures and hatchling disorientation, and urged education and enforcement steps.
Council member Golding pressed the urgency of reducing beachfront light after residents and a volunteer monitor reported recent sea turtle nesting problems at the Aug. 4 Jacksonville Beach City Council meeting.
Kevin Brown, a volunteer and resident who identified his address as 1833 Kings Court, told the council the city is seeing “a light issue” and that the community recorded “56 false crawls,” meaning nesting females were disoriented and left without laying eggs. He said one nest moved “seven blocks parallel to the dune through two blowouts” and that hatchlings were found stranded in…
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