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Sea Turtles Are Crawling Out of New Dunes in Flagler Beach and Wandering on A1A

July 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Digging for treasures on the new dunes is not a good idea. (© FlaglerLive)
Digging for treasures on the new dunes is not a good idea. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government has received reports that some wayward sea turtles have been able to crawl up onto the top of the new dunes in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction project area in Flagler Beach and there is worry that they may wander onto State Road A1A. Efforts are under way to provide a solution.

“We are working closely with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service right now to take preventative measures for turtles that may crawl up onto the new dune so they don’t go onto the road,” said Coastal Engineering Administrator Ansley Wren-Key. “The design of the dune slope was approved by FWC and was supposed to be too steep for the turtles to climb up, but they are apparently able to do so.”




Flagler County met with these two wildlife agencies and the Army Corps to discuss additional barriers that can be used to protect the sea turtles from this hazard and reached agreement for an effective solution. The contract will be modified to accelerate the permanent sand fencing. If this cannot be done in a timely manner, temporary silt fencing can be installed and later removed and replaced with permanent sand fencing.

Additionally, dimensions for the permanent sand fencing will be modified such that the slats of the fence will be 3 feet above ground and embedded 10-12 inches below ground, as this would satisfy requirements for both sea turtles and gopher tortoises. It is the goal to have the silt fence mimic the modified design of the sand fence in the interim until the permanent sand fencing is installed.

“Once the wide beach is built, these sea turtles will have more habitat to lay their eggs and nest,” Wren-Key said. “On other nourished beaches in Florida, statistics show that nesting activity increases – and the mortality rate decreases – as more nesting areas are provided and the nests are not washed out with high tides and storms, which can be a hazard for nests on narrow beaches.”

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  1. gene piccolo says

    July 30, 2024 at 8:19 pm

    great job with providing this info. Wish we could get weekly reports about the seawall progress or lack of progress

  2. Bryce Merritt says

    July 30, 2024 at 8:27 pm

    This has been happening for years in OBS and has been reported and responded to by VCSO. Nothing ever changed. As well, several gopher tortoises have been hit in the renourishment are in Flagler and in North Peninsula SP and nobody has done anyrhing. I truly hope that this subject getting publicity will gorced the counties amd FWC to do something to prevent this completely unavaoidable tragedy from occurring over and over again.

  3. JimboXYZ says

    July 30, 2024 at 9:39 pm

    Wow, rebuild the dunes & beaches, then watch the dumb one’s digging around in the sand. Someone knock some common sense into those 2 women. This is why the human race is doomed, these people are amongst us. “Leave it the way you found it, footprints only in the sand.”

    As for the sea turtles, they would have to put up some type of barriers so they wouldn’t get to the road. Gopher tortoises are the same inland, protected species when they decide to make a property their own, it’s an expensive process to relocate them. And they will find a way to cross the street to take over a property.

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