Sea turtle nesting season is ongoing on Sanibel, and this year the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is tagging five sea turtles to learn what they do once they enter the Gulf. The exciting part is that the public can track these turtles from home.
“A lot of the work done on sea turtles is done on nesting beaches because they are so much easier to access. But in reality, turtles spend so much of their lives at sea,” said Kelly Sloan, SCCF’s Coastal Wildlife Director.
It’s that life at sea that Sloan and her team are trying to learn more about…