Kemp's ridley sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana's wilds, officials say, in a victory for barrier island restoration. The tiny turtle is also believed to be the world's most endangered.
This undated photo provided by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority in August 2022 shows a newly hatched Kemp's ridley sea turtle making its way out to the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana's Chandeleur Islands. have hatched in Louisiana's wilds for the first known time in more than 75 years, officials said Wednesday.
The first tracks were found by a crew surveying birds"before the sea turtle nesting season really kicked off," said Matthew Weigel, coastal resources scientist manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Weigel said aerial surveys found 52 sets of tracks that experts identified as Kemp's ridley, though some were"false crawls" where no nest was made.
Loggerhead nests found in 2015 on Grand Isle — roughly 70 miles southwest of the Chandeleurs — were the first confirmed sea turtle nests in Louisiana in more than 30 years, according to the statement. The two agencies have been closely monitoring the islands since May as part of work to restore the islands using oil spill money.
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