Interior lights can quickly turn a turtle friendly building into one that causes disorientations.
Fwc turtle friendly lighting.
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Sea turtle lighting fwc approved lighting.
Fwc sea turtle lighting guidelines these guidelines provide general information for all property owners living adjacent to sea turtle nesting beaches but they are specifically designed to help property owners required to avoid and minimize lighting imp acts to sea turtles as part of the state permitting programs such as coastal.
Each year artificial light causes disruption of behavior injury and death to thousands of migrating birds sea turtles and other reptiles amphibians mammals and invertebrates.
Using long wavelength light sources is less disruptive to marine turtles than white or multi colored lights.
The good news is that there are several quick inexpensive and effective ways to prevent interior lights from being visible from the beach.
The fixtures and bulbs listed on the pages below have all been reviewed and tested through the wildlife lighting certification program and are categorized by use.