Turtle Walks at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton, FL

Turtle Walks at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton FL

The 2012 Turtle Walk Program has started at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton!  Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night in June and July 3 and July 5, you can make reservations to participate in a turtle walk conducted by the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.

The program begins at 9PM and ends at 11PM.  Participants will meet at the Gumbo Limbo classroom by 8:45 PM.  Because of the late hours, the Turtle Walk program is only open to children over the age of 8.  Anyone under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.  Tickets are $15 per person.  

(There are special rates for Members of Friends of Gumbo Limbo. )

Loggerhead turtles have been on the endangered species list and are protected by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.   Fishing lines tossed off boats, the plastic 6-pak rings for canned drinks, loss of undisturbed beaches, environmental impacts,  exotic predators that have been introduced into the area have taken their toll on the already low reproductive rate of Loggerhead turtles.

In an effort to provide a safer nesting place for these turtles, communities along the coasts have introduced lights- out ordinances that require residents along the beach to turn off their lights during nesting season.

Hatchlings have a kind of instinct that makes them drawn to light after they hatch.  In a natural environment this would be the moonlight on the water across the horizon.  

Without the cooperation of  residents and the city, the hatchlings would walk towards street lights or the lights of condos and residences.  

**You must sign a waiver releasing the city of Boca Raton from liability.
**There is no guarantee that you will see a nesting turtle.
**You will be walking in sand, so wear appropriate clothing.  Bug spray is suggested.
**NO Flashlights, flash photography, cell phone use are permitted.

Turtle Walk at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

1801 North Ocean Boulevard

Boca Raton, FL

561-338-1473

There are other Turtle Walks throughout Florida.

And remember.....

It is illegal to approach and view nesting sea turtles unless

you are participating in a state-approved

Turtle Walk Program!

  

 

 

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