The Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor is hosting its Turtle Fest on Saturday, March 30th.  The admission price for the festival is $10 for adults and $8 for children, they also have family admissions available.  The price includes a pancake breakfast, they even have gluten free pancakes available, arts and crafts, games, face painting, and of course the stars of the show, visits with the turtles.

The purpose of the festival is to raise funds needed to help the diamond back terrapins and awareness of their habitat on our shores which have been taken from them.  With dunes not available for them as their natural habitat, they have been migrating to areas that are more populated, causing their death rates to rise dramatically.  The Wetlands Institute works to educate the public and help the terrapins with plans to protect them.

Call to make your reservation for breakfast!  If you will be in the area for the weekend, please see this post for more happenings.