Reports and Studies 2014 Review: 1975 Environment of Kiawah Report | Page 25

Summary & Analysis of the 1975 Kiawah Environmental Report 

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Establishing an indoor turtle hatchery could benefit the Kiawah Island turtle
population as well as provide a unique learning facility for residents and guests.
• To our knowledge there has not previously been a coyote population on Kiawah
Island. However, they arrived a few years ago and there are now more sightings
(see page 16 above). With their arrival turtle nest predation has occurred.
(Significant turtle nest predation occurred in other parts of low country as
coyotes moved onto the barrier islands.) A great deal now needs to be done
to manage this problem. Among them t