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St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: 2004

Sea Turtle Conservation

Buck Island Reef National Monument

 

 

 

 

         

Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve; Christiansted National Historic Site

 

 

2004 NPS sea turtle crew: Matt, Philippe, Erin, Mary, Michelle and Kim (ZHS)

 

 

         

Christiansted National Historic Site; Grotto Beach


         

Leatherback hatchling; Green sea turtle tracks on Whistle Beach

 

 

         

Mango Festival at the Botanical Gardens

 

 

         

Grasshopper on cactus (PAM); View of St. Croix from Buck Island

 

 

         

View from Buck Island overlook; Erin and Mary excavating nests on Buck Island (KKW)

 

 

        

Hawksbill and Green sea turtles nesting on Buck Island

 

 

        

Philippe measuring a juvenile hawksbill; Trash Art on the west end of the island

 

 

         

Matt with nesting green on East End (RW); Nesting leatherback at Sandy Point (RW)

 

 

             

With nesting hawksbill (MH); Hawksbill hatchling entering the surf

 

 

         

Nesting green sea turtle; Buck island sunrise

 

 

            

Mary, Erin, Michelle and Matt on Buck Island (KKW); Erin on Buck Island (MH)

 

 

              

Monitoring a nesting hawksbill with YCC boys (MH); Elkhorn coral and blue tang (PAM)

 

 

           

Mary and Philippe examine tracks on Buck Island; Ryan on hike to Annaly Bay

 

 

        

Side view of green sea turtle nest; Cactus bloom at Botanical Garden

 

 

    

Point Udall; View of East End with Buck Island in the distance

 

 

          

Beach on the west end; Sunset Jazz in Fredericksted

 

 

                                                                                                            

Daytime hawksbill hatch on Buck Island

 

 

 

 

Buck Island Reef National Monument

 

 

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