Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Manager Jereme Phillips contacts the Unified Incident Command on Friday, June 11, 2010 to report oil on a refuge beach.
Port St. Joe, FL: A thermometer is carefully installed atop the first layer of turtle eggs. This device is crucial to ensuring the sea turtle embryos stay healthy and the sex ratio of the turtles is not compromised.
Port St. Joe, FL: Brail Stephens (University of Florida) gently places the cooler into the carrier as Natalie Williams (UF) and Lorna Patrick (USFWS) assist.
Port St. Joe, FL: USFWS biologist Lorna Patrick uses stakes that were used to mark the nest to fashion handles for carrying a cooler containing sea turtle eggs.
Port St. Joe, FL: USFWS biologist Lorna Patrick uses stakes that were used to mark the nest to fashion handles for carrying a cooler containing sea turtle eggs.
Port St. Joe, FL: Seth Farris and Jacob Hill (University of Florida) carry the sea turtle eggs from the first nest in a contraption that looks very Romanesque!
Port St. Joe, FL: Upon excavating this nest, biologists knew that there were no healthy eggs in the batch. These eggs were crushed prior to excavation.
Port St. Joe, FL: Two nests were supposed to be relocated on the 16th. Unfortunately, the second nest contained eggs not viable. This happened naturally and could be due to a number of factors.
