The first excavation this season will occur Friday August 8th. It will be held around dusk at approximately 7:45 PM. The nest is located at beach access #35 which is on Bridgers Street. As always we are not sure how many turtles will be released during the excavation. We have had from zero to 20+ come out of the nest during prior excavations. Hopefully there will be a few turtles to make their dash and splash on Friday.

The Wrightsville Beach Museum is sponsoring 'turtle talks' to aid in the awareness and education on Sea Turtles. The talks will take place on Thursday evenings, July 17th & 31st, and August 7th and 21st at 7:00 PM. The museum is located on Salisbury Street or behind the tennis courts at the Wrightsville Beach Park.

During the nesting season, you may come across a sea turtle who is hurt or injured. If you see a sea turtle that appears to be hurt, stranded, or struggling please call 910-791-4541. For your safety, please do not attempt to rescue the turtle yourself.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP TODAY? We just started participating in the GoodSearch program. By using GoodSearch as your internet search engine, every time you click on it, 1 cent will be donated to the Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project. Those clicks can really add up! Or you can also click on 'GoodSearch' in the right column of this page to access it. For more information and ideas on how you can use this, go to "http://www.goodsearch.com/GetInvolved.aspx".

We have Sea Turtle T-shirts and stickers available with all proceeds going to help the Topsail Island Sea Turtle Hospital. The adult T-shirts are $20; kids T-shirts are $15; and stickers are $5. Please email h2obubbles@hotmail.com for more information on T-shirts and/or stickers.

Check out the link to Sea Turtle Note Cards at the right of this page. A $3 donation to WBSTP is being made for every purchase of a set of Sea Turtle Note Cards. Many thanks goes out to Jumping Jack Designs for this generous contribution. See more at jumpingjackdesigns.com.