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Volunteers ask Hilton Head council to repurpose Wild Wings building as Sea Turtle Patrol hub, offer funding
Summary
Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers urged the council to use the vacant Wild Wings building as a home base for patrol and beach-operations services and said a family foundation has offered $500,000 toward refurbishment. No formal council action was taken at the March 18 meeting.
Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers and program leaders asked the Town Council of Hilton Head Island on March 18 to consider repurposing the now-vacant Wild Wings building as a permanent home for the group’s operations and for a beach-operations satellite office.
Brian Tiresi, who identified himself as a Sea Turtle Patrol volunteer, outlined the program’s history on the island and credited recent local ordinances and hotel participation for improved nesting habitat and public awareness. “We…
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