• A minimum of 1 month of volunteer service is required to participate in the program due to training and expenses.  Unfortunately, this means that the program is not appropriate for short-term visitors to the area.  However, there are other ways that you can support sea turtle conservation in Alabama such as our Adopt-A-Nest program.

• A minimum of 2 hours/week of volunteer service is required during the nest searching period of the season (May-Aug) and/or 6 hours/week during the hatching period of the season (July-Oct).

• You must attend one of the sea turtle training sessions offered by your Team Leader.

Description

Share the Beach volunteers monitor sea turtle nests on the entire Alabama Gulf Coast from Dauphin Island to the Florida state line.  If you're a morning person, you can volunteer to patrol the beach for sea turtle nests beginning at about 6am from May-August.  If you're a night owl, then nest monitoring, or "nest sitting," may be just the job for you.  Nest monitoring begins when the first nests hatch in July through the last nests in October and involves staying out on the beach late at night and experiencing first-hand one of the most incredible wildlife spectacles in nature, the loggerhead sea turtle's march to the sea.  If you are unable to walk the beach, then we have volunteer opportunities in the areas of administration, web support, and public outreach.

Volunteer Kickoff Meeting

Please join us Friday, April 13, 2007, at 7:00pm at the Adult Activity Center in Gulf Shores for our annual Share the Beach Kickoff Meeting.  At the meeting, you will learn more about the program and have an opportunity to sign up with your nearest beach.  The Adult Activity Center is located on Clubhouse Drive next to the Gulf Shores Police Station.

Thanks and we hope to see you on the beach!!!