[quote=chump23]I can tell you that turtle patrol people are generally like animal shelter people, animals (turtles) are more important than people. Generally there is very little rational thought, it is all emotion based reaction. Human activity on beaches causes almost no issues with nesting turtles, unless you are actively interfering with a female from laying her nest or digging up the eggs.
Going to the city with a group of locals informed of the ways turtles are actually impacted, what are the actual threats to their survival, and how little your beach cats will affect any of the above is the only way to go. Hopefully, you have a city council with rational folks.
Thankfully, Texas has the Open Beach Act declaring all beaches open to the public. I know north of the City of South Padre Island, in Cameron County, we have always been allowed to drive on the beach as far north as we like. However, if it were up to the turtle nuts (not talking about wildlife biologists, but the emotion folks) no humans would be allowed on the beach at all, without being part of turtle patrol.[/quote]
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