My name is Donna Davis and my family has owned a beach condo at Inlet Point for 25 years and before the end of 2009 I plan to move into the beach condo as my permanent residence.  I am very excited because I believe that beach is the most beautiful places I have ever been.

I am especially excited to join the Loggerhead Turtle Watch Group and help the "Turtle People" keep track of and protect the Turtle nests as I will be living within 100 yards of their nesting grounds on the beach dunes.

I have a BS degree in Biological Science (and a law degree), but I am far more interested in Marine Biology and I plan to go back to school (again) to take more courses on the subject at Coastal once I transition from my old life for the past 19 years in Los Angeles to my new life on the beach where I feel peace and serenity impossible to find in Los Angeles.

I am wondering why there are so few marked turtle nesting sites on the Inlet Point beach this year compared to prior years?  A fellow beach walker told me the nests already hatched, but my past experiences have been that the females don't lay their eggs on the dunes until June-August and most nests don't hatch until about 60 days later.  Are there fewer nests this year than last?

Please advise me on how I can join the Loggerhead Turtle Watch Group. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Donna Davis

(843) 357-3917