Turtle adoptions support our students, volunteers and free educational programs like Turtle Watch, at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge. Read more here!
Leatherback Turtles for 2023 (Blue text – turtle found. Orange text – coming soon).
Nathalie – Our first leatherback of 2023, Nathalie was adopted in 2018 and has been sponsored every year since by Avril Amato. She nested for the first time this year on 4 April. Tag: SPP402.
Adrienne – Adopted and named by Ellen and Tony Drago for their daughter.
Rita Hayworth – Named by Lisa Rau, in a nod to the Shawshank Redemption movie – Rita was on the poster in Andy’s cell, for those who know😉 Lisa was the grand prize winner in our leatherback contest in 2022 (guess the correct beach and date of the first leatherback nest)!
Swabby* – Adopted and named by Vincent and Karen Thomas.
Shine* – Adopted and named by Viviane Helmig.
Uhuru* – Uhuru was adopted and named (in honor of Nichelle Nichols) by Trish Scott.
Caroline*– Adopted by Travis Guest and Wynne Madden in loving memory of Caroline Madden De Coursey ❤️
Lolee – Adopted and named by Sharla Hartman.
Lexington – Adopted and named by Marleen and Scott Karns.
Ptolemy – Adopted and named by Sara Smollett.
Mary Rose – Adopted and named by Melody and Don Huenefeld.
Nora – Adopted by Joe Fraim for his granddaughter.
Ted* – Adopted and named by Annelise Quinn, in honor of grandfather Ted, husband to grandmother Mona. Now we’ll have a Mona and Ted leatherback swimming the seas together ❤️❤️
Micah – Adopted and named by Angela and Todd Kuehn for their grandson Micah.
Baba* – Adopted by Karen Rike for little Oscar! Oscar says this a lot, for grandma 😉
Amalie – Adopted by Igor Ulehla.
Green Turtles for 2023 (Blue text – turtle found. Orange text – coming soon).
Eva Lani – Adopted by Gini Holeman for her littlest granddaugher. Eva Lani nested for the first time on 5 April. Tag: SP038.
Poz – Adopted by Dee and Clayton Berlinghoff for their sons, Eric and Adam Berlinghoff. Poz is their yellow lab 🐕
Janet – Adopted by Dee and Clayton Berlinghoff for their sons, Eric and Adam Berlinghoff. Janet is their grandmother.
Dolly – Adopted by Dee and Clayton Berlinghoff for their sons, Eric and Adam Berlinghoff. Dolly is their other grandmother 💕
Crystal – Adopted by Yvonne Knight for her grandson, Beckham.
Hawksbill Turtles for 2023 (Blue text – turtle found! Orange text – coming soon!)
Be the first to adopt a hawksbill. Read more here.
The St. Croix Sea Turtle Project is sponsored by The Ocean Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, in cooperation with US Fish and Wildlife Service at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.
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