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Sea turtles are wild animals! We are unable to predict how many nests will be laid, therefore adopting a nest is limited and based on how many nests are laid within these parks.We, unfortunately, cannot honor specific locations or nests your sea turtle stake will be placed at the next suitable nest within these Miami Dade County Parks Sea turtle nests within Crandon and Haulover Park are eligible for Adopt a Nest Program.The adoption of a sea turtle nest is symbolic, as sea turtles are federally protected and it is unlawful to touch or harass sea turtles, hatchlings, eggs, and their associated nests.A follow up email on when your nest has hatched!.A personalized sea turtle stake with individual/family/business name, placed adjacent to your sea turtle nest for the duration of nest incubation (typically 45-70 days).Show your support for Miami Dade County’s Sea Turtle Conservation Program by symbolically adopting a sea turtle nest on one of our County beaches! To request material in accessible format, information on access for persons with disabilities or sign language interpreter services (seven days in advance) call Accessibility Services or TDD.

Being in the public’s eye for the majority of our efforts, STCP biologist also act as stewards of conservation to promote and educate the citizens of Miami-Dade County’s charismatic sea turtles. The purpose is to allow assessment of the distribution, abundance and trends in Miami-Dade County’s nesting marine turtles, to facilitate protection, assess of nest productivity and improve conservation planning and management. We are responsible for marking, monitoring and gathering data for nests, which is submitted to local, state and federal agencies. Miami-Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program biologist survey for marine turtle nesting everyday over 19 miles of the county from March to October. Because of federal and state protections of marine turtles, consistently monitoring their nests became a crucial component to ensure their survival. With the implementation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Parks Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission established the Sea Turtle Conservation Program to protect all species of sea turtles that call Miami-Dade beaches, home.

Before this time, sea turtle nesting was not being documented in the county. The Miami-Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program (STCP) was established in 1980 in response to disoriented hatchlings found along A1A in Miami Beach.