Adopt a Nest

Adopt a Nest to Protect Sea Turtles

In partnership with the Jacksonville University Sea Turtle Program, we are happy to offer sea turtle nest adoptions. Your contribution supports vital nest monitoring, student-driven research, and community education — all critical to ensuring a brighter future for sea turtles in Northeast Florida.

Nest Adoption Levels:

Loggerhead Turtle

$50

The Loggerhead Turtle level includes:

  • Your name listed on the website of nest adopters for the current nesting season

  • A Certificate of Adoption and a Mickler’s Landing Turtle Patrol sticker.

  • We choose your nest

Green Turtle

$100

The Green Turtle level includes:

  • Everything at the Loggerhead Turtle level, plus

  • An emailed picture of your individual nest

  • Emailed results of your nest after the evaluation

  • You choose your nest (unless already reserved)

  • Bartlett, Michele

  • Chiu, May

  • Cochran, Lisa

  • DeMarino, George

  • DeRosa, Ada

  • Durling, Beth

  • Ellington, Mary

  • Hammill, Aileen

  • Hargrove, Stephanie

  • Howell, Christine

  • The Jones Family

  • Jorgensen, Anna

  • Lox, Shea

  • McClintock, Emily

  • Meers, Lucas

  • Moore, Briana

  • Touch, BJ

  • Vaandering, Eric

Leatherback Turtle

$250

The Leatherback Turtle level includes:

  • Everything at the Green Turtle level, plus

  • An invitation to your nest’s evaluation for up to five (5) people. Evaluations last roughly 45 minutes to 1 hour. *Due to state permitting restrictions, we can only give a maximum of a 3-day notice for the evaluation. 

  • You choose your nest (unless already reserved)

Nest Adopters