Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the Alabama Coastal Foundation's Share the Beach program. Our 2025 season is over, so please sign up for our updates to learn when our volunteer kickoff meetings are scheduled in March. That being said, you can still help now by making a donation! Also, click here to watch our 2025 End of Season video.

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The objectives of the Alabama Coastal Foundation's Share the Beach program are:

• To mitigate human-related impacts to sea turtles, especially the effects of artificial light pollution;

• To monitor sea turtle nests and hatchlings on the Alabama Gulf Coast; and,

• To promote the conservation of sea turtles in Alabama through public outreach and education.

 

In 2001, the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Field Office in Daphne created Share the Beach to involve Alabama residents, tourists, and businesses in sea turtle conservation. Two years later, the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge led that effort until the program became to large. In the fall of 2016, the Refuge's Friends group asked ACF to lead Share the Beach and that transition happened in January of 2018. ACF looks forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of Share the Beach this year with everyone past, present, and future who make this program possible! 

 

Share the Beach volunteers patrol the beach, educate the public and school groups, conduct late-night nest observations, and assist with supply and equipment preparations. The dedicated volunteers of the Share the Beach program help ensure the support and protection of these popular endangered ocean creatures when they are just tiny turtles beginning their journey.

 

We ask that you take the time to learn more about our little marine friends, and how you can recognize their nests, increase their chances of survival, and support the volunteers who Share the Beach with them each year.