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<br /> STANDARD FORM 330 (REV. 312013) PAGE 3 <br />(3) BRIEF DESCRIPTION (Brief Scope, size, cost, etc.) AND SPECIFIC ROLE Check if project performed with current firm <br />Sea Turtle Specialist - Since 1978 the Broward County Environmental Protection Department (BCEPD) has provided for the <br />conservation of endangered threatened sea turtle species. Broward County is within the normal nesting areas for three sea turtle <br />species: loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea). THE BCEPD is <br />especially concerned about any environmental effects related to beach nourishment projects, so they have maintained the sea <br />turtle conservation program in non-nourishment years to provide a continuous monitoring scheme which can assess long term <br />trends as well as short-term impacts. In addition to statutory requirements, this project aims to relocate nests deposited in high risk <br />areas, survey sea turtle nesting patterns to document historical trends and assess anthropogenic factors affecting these, assess <br />nesting success and hatching success, to dispose of sea turtle carcasses and respond to strandings and other emergencias, and <br />to inform and educate the public about sea turtlesand their conservation. Mr. Lopez Padierna conducted sea turtle nesting surveys <br />on Fort Lauderdale Beach during the 2009 nesting season. Surveys included driving ATVs on the beach, searching for turtle <br />crawls on the beach, determining if they were false crawls or actual nesting activities, identifying the species of turtle that made the <br />crawl and marking of nests. Nests that were laid in high risk locations were relocated to safer locations. During hatching season <br />Mr. Lopez Padierna conducted hatching success surveys by excavating nests after hatchlings had emerged to determine the <br />number of eggs deposited, the number that successfully hatched, and the capture and release of hatchling which might not have <br />emerged from the nest. <br />Size: 15 miles of beach <br />Cost: $160,000 (estimated) <br /> <br />104