Virginia Sea Turtle Nesting Handbook
VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - Bureau of Wildlife Resources. 2014. Virginia Sea Turtle Nesting Handbook
This Handbook was developed to aid staff and volunteers responsible for monitoring sea turtle nesting beaches in Virginia by describing proper procedures and protocols for conducting surveys, identifying crawls, marking nests, monitoring hatching events and carrying out post-hatch excavations. This will ensure nest monitoring and management efforts are in compliance with laws pertaining to rare and endangered species at all levels of government.
- Type
- Administrative
- Authors
- VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - Bureau of Wildlife Resources
- Date of Issue
- 2014
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- Plan