Suzanne Goodwyn & Sea Turtles
Hello my friends, today we are headed to the coast. We are joined by author, sea turtle enthusiast, and unofficial tour guide of the Wilmington, NC area, Suzanne Goodwyn. If you have walked along the North Carolina coastline, you have probably seen them on the beach – wooden stakes with orange plastic tape wrapped around them, marking off of a large square space. Every morning, volunteers walk the length of the beach looking for sea turtle tracks in the sand leading to a freshly laid nest.
Tracking sea turtle nests is so popular in coastal towns that volunteer organizations have wait lists for people who want to join. It was during one of her visits to Wilmington that Suzanne Goodwyn saw her first nest and became interested in the sea turtles. She was so taken with learning about them that when it came time to determine a career for Jess, a character in her book “Wrightsville Beach”, she chose for her to be a sea turtle biologist. This gave her the opportunity to research sea turtles with experts in the field and to share that knowledge in a fictional format.
Suzanne shares her knowledge of turtles, the area of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, and her novel with me. I hope you stick around.
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Here are links for Suzanne Goodwyn, her book, and organizations mentioned in the chat:
website is:
Facebook:
Instagram:
@smartgirlbooks
TIkTok:
@authorsuzannegoodwyn
For places to find my book and an excerpt of the book:
Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Hospital:
https://www.seaturtlehospital.org/
Where to adopt a sea turtle:
https://www.seaturtlehospital.org/adopt.html
Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project:
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge:
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/archie-carr
Facebook: UCF Marine Turtle Research Group
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Gracias to Carmen María and Edu Espinalfound’s song - Ratatouille's Kitchen, that made up my opening music. Also, merci to Nesrality on Pixabay for their cover of Irving Berlin’s tune - Always (a long fav of mine) for my closing music. Special thanks to Emily Clarke for the creation of my logo.
Music used for this episode includes -
80s Synth Wave – AlexiAction
Sunshine Jaunt – Top Flow Production
Bossa Dreams Horst Rathmann – Kilofon
Summer Flings – Greg Fellman
