The Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization is an all volunteer program whose coordinators, Deb and Jim Boyce, are licensed by the North Carolina Wildlife Commission, Non-Game & Endangered Species Section, to develop and manage an active program to monitor sea turtle nesting activities, rescue and transport sick or injured sea turtles and to educate the public on the importance of this program.
Nesting female loggerhead
Loggerhead tracks and nest pit
Volunteers receive both technical and “hands on” training to develop their ability to work with sea turtles in compliance with the laws pertaining to these threatened and endangered species, as outlined in the Handbook for North Carolina Sea Turtle Volunteers (Rev. 2006).
Contact us at: oibcturtleorg@atmc.net
To report any sea turtle activity on Ocean Isle Beach, call: 910-231-8539, 910-231-3139 or the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department @ 910-579-4221.
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