Posts Tagged ‘endangered species’

Monarch Butterflies in the US Virgin Islands

We became recently aware of some interesting, members of the St. Croix community. While working in the tree nursery, we first noticed some severe damage to some plants in the milkweed family. Caterpillars. A quick investigation made us put away the pesticide

Dawn Turtles with Duke University

This week we were happy to host the Sea Turtle Class from Duke University, along with Kelly Stewart, Marine Biologist with the NOAA Marine Turtle Genetics Program. The students and their instructors joined us on the Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge in St.

Summary of the 2014 Leatherback Nesting Season

As the 2015 leatherback season at Sandy Point rapidly approaches, we would like to share this summary of some of the key findings from last season. 2014 Leatherback Nesting Summary, Sandy Point, St. Croix. In 2014, sea turtle biologists from Geographic

Preparing our 2015 Leatherback Team

We are fast approaching the start of the 2015 Leatherback nesting season and Geographic Consulting is putting together an enthusiastic and highly experienced research team. We are pleased to introduce the newest member of our team, Mollie Alter. We met Mollie while

Excavating Leatherback Sea Turtle Nests

[The end of the turtle season was demanding on our schedules and other projects conspired to make this blog post fairly late.]   Night patrols at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge concluded for the season on July 31, 2013. In

Conclusion of Leatherback Sea Turtle Night Patrols for 2013

It’s the middle of July which means that Geographic Consulting’s night patrols have come to an end for the 2013 season. Although there are still a few leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) laying nests at Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge in St. Croix USVI, they are

Conclusion of Leatherback Sea Turtle Night Patrols for 2013

It’s the middle of July which means that Geographic Consulting’s night patrols have come to an end for the 2013 season. Although there are still a few leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) laying nests at Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge in St. Croix USVI,

Internesting Threats for Leatherbacks

The nesting season for leatherbacks  (Dermochelys coriacea) at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge in St. Croix has been underway for three months.  At this point, most of our turtles have  nested at Sandy Point multiple times.  Some turtles that have nested seven

Beach Dynamics on Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge

Most sea turtle monitoring projects have several components of nightly beach work in common.  These usually involve the identification and tagging of nesting turtles, collecting morphometric data, and marking and protecting nests.  However, each project does things a little bit differently

Busy Nights at Sandy Point Wildlife Refuge

Nights at the Sandy Point Wildlife Preserve in St. Croix have been busy lately with lots of leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)  nesting activities. Sea Turtle Biologists from Geographic Consulting have had quite a few nights with more than five nesting leatherbacks and 

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