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Seaview, a Dolce Resort, Helping to Protect Diamondback Terrapins

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GALLOWAY, N.J.—Seaview, a Dolce Resort, a resort in New Jersey, is taking environmentally friendly actions to become a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and help preserve the Diamondback Terrapins. As part of a recent mandate program whereby 34 managed golf properties throughout North America and the Caribbean will become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries by the end of 2008, Seaview, a Dolce Resort, is doing its part to help preserve the environment by protecting a species of special concern in the State of New Jersey.

Each year, Seaview, a Dolce Resort’s famed Bay Course is inhabited by nesting Diamondback Terrapins, a species of turtles native to the brackish coastal swamps of the eastern and southern United States. Although Seaview has always proactively advised golfers to be especially mindful of the turtles while playing, this year the golf course resort in Southern New Jersey has taken even greater measures. To help protect these special turtles, Seaview has created several excluder traps, which are placed over nesting sites within bunkers throughout the course. These environmentally friendly excluder traps keep other animals, such as crows and foxes, from digging up turtle eggs and also prevent golfers from accidentally walking on nests while on the Bay Course.

In addition to building excluder traps for the Diamondbacks, Seaview has recently partnered with The Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, an organization dedicated to promoting the conservation and preservation of coastal ecosystems. As part of the partnership, the Seaview, a Dolce Resort, made a $500 donation to the Institute and has “adopted a turtle.” The money will be used to buy a transmitter for the adopted baby turtle, which will allow the Institute to monitor the turtle over the next couple of years and use the information for their ongoing research.

“Working with The Wetlands Institute and building the excluder traps to help protect the Diamondbacks has been a significant part of our Audubon Certification process,” said Kevin Tansey, Bay Course superintendent at Seaview, a Dolce Resort. “Our entire staff is thrilled to be participating in this program, and we hope it encourages our guests to do their part to save and protect the environment.”

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