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Thank you for your interest in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. We appreciate your following us via Twitter and we hope that you are following us on our other social media outlets.
Our sea turtle biologist Mark Dodd, is on his second trip to the Gulf assisting NOAA and FWCC with their efforts. He was one of a select few that was asked to help because of their professional knowledge of sea turtles.
Mark rejoined NOAA and FWCC in the Gulf to assist with standardized surveys of sargassum/convergence zone habitat for oiled turtles in an effort to establish sea turtle density estimates for this habitat. This information can then be used to estimate the total number of turtles affected by the spill. They will also be recovering all oiled turtles for rehab. Secondarily they we will work with the cleanup crews involved in the burning of oil on the ocean surface, training observers that will be deployed on vessels engaged in surfacing burning activities. During some of the initial surveys last week, it was discovered that sea turtles mired in oiled sargassum weed were potentially being burned during surface burning. Surface burning is a standard technique used to remove oil from the ocean surface. They hope to get trained observers on the burn vessels to locate and remove pelagic phase sea turtles before the oil is ignited. The goal is to assist in training efforts that may aid in rescue attempts of sea turtles from the sargassum weed during the ongoing cleanup efforts.
Please continue to follow us via Twitter and Facebook(http://www.facebook.com/#!/WildlifeResourcesDivisionGADNR ) as we will be making regular posts on Mark's activities in the Gulf. Do you receive our monthly Nongame newsletter- Georgia Wild? If not, please go to www.georgiawildlife.com to sign up. You can keep up with our research and projects.
Please let me know if you need any additional assistance.
Robin Hill, Communications Program Manager.
Thank you for your interest in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. We appreciate your following us via Twitter and we hope that you are following us on our other social media outlets.
Our sea turtle biologist Mark Dodd, is on his second trip to the Gulf assisting NOAA and FWCC with their efforts. He was one of a select few that was asked to help because of their professional knowledge of sea turtles.
Mark rejoined NOAA and FWCC in the Gulf to assist with standardized surveys of sargassum/convergence zone habitat for oiled turtles in an effort to establish sea turtle density estimates for this habitat. This information can then be used to estimate the total number of turtles affected by the spill. They will also be recovering all oiled turtles for rehab. Secondarily they we will work with the cleanup crews involved in the burning of oil on the ocean surface, training observers that will be deployed on vessels engaged in surfacing burning activities. During some of the initial surveys last week, it was discovered that sea turtles mired in oiled sargassum weed were potentially being burned during surface burning. Surface burning is a standard technique used to remove oil from the ocean surface. They hope to get trained observers on the burn vessels to locate and remove pelagic phase sea turtles before the oil is ignited. The goal is to assist in training efforts that may aid in rescue attempts of sea turtles from the sargassum weed during the ongoing cleanup efforts.
Please continue to follow us via Twitter and Facebook(http://www.facebook.
Please let me know if you need any additional assistance.
Robin Hill, Communications Program Manager.
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