Editing Satellite Beach, Florida (section)

===Fauna===

[[File:Green-sea-turtle.jpg|thumb|left|229x229px|Green sea turtle]]
Threatened Atlantic [[loggerhead sea turtle]]s nest on the city's ocean beaches at densities of approximately one nest per {{convert|10|ft}} of shoreline per year. Endangered [[green sea turtle]]s also deposit nests along the city's ocean beach each year.

Endangered [[North Atlantic right whale]]s calve off the city's shoreline. Endangered [[West Indian manatee]]s frequent the city's canals and the [[Banana River]]. [[Bald eagle]]s forage over Samsons Island.
[[File:Wild Bald Eagle Ocean.jpg|thumb|right|190x190px|Wild bald eagle]]
[[File:Scrub Jay posing.jpg|thumb|right|180x180px|Scrub jay]]
The {{Convert|12|acre}} of wetland created as mitigation by a local developer on Samsons Island provide nutrient-rich, sheltered aquatic habitat serving as [[Wiktionary:finfish|finfish]] nursery and feeding ground for a diverse assemblage of birds and mammals. The city established Samsons Island Nature Park, the only [[gopher tortoise]] relocation recipient site on the barrier island.  It is occupied by 42 relocated tortoises and three which had been living on the island when development began.  The city has erected five [[osprey]] nesting platforms on Samsons Island Nature Park, from which young have been fledged.

Efforts are now under way to create habitat for use by gopher tortoises and [[Florida scrub jay|scrub jays]]. [[Xeric]] scrub around the local county library, until the late 1990s, hosted a family of threatened [[Florida scrub jay]]s.

The city is working with faculty of the [[Florida Institute of Technology]] to promote graduate student research and class projects on Samsons Island Nature Park and to assist in devising and implementing maintenance programs to preserve and enhance desirable wildlife habitats.<ref name="satellitebeach.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.satellitebeach.org/boards/cpab/CompPlan/D&A%205%20Coastal%20Management-Conservation%20Element.doc |access-date=August 3, 2015 |title=Coastal Management-Conservation Element }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The city has approved the use of inland dirt-officially called upland sources-to be used in [[beach nourishment]] projects. These projects will bury part of a natural reef.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/2018/06/11/brevard-gets-new-beach-funding/691822002/|title=Feds sign off on $35 million for Brevard's beaches|first=Jim|last=Waymer|website=Florida Today}}</ref> After three projects, the sea shells are gone, and turtle nesting declined significantly in the years following this nourishment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://destinationbrevard.com/mid-reachpatrick-afb-to-indialantic-beach-nourishment-is-very-harmful-to-sea-turtle-nesting/ |title=Mid-Reach (Patrick AFB to Indialantic) beach nourishment is very harmful to sea turtle nesting. |access-date=2019-07-19 |archive-date=2019-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719004213/https://destinationbrevard.com/mid-reachpatrick-afb-to-indialantic-beach-nourishment-is-very-harmful-to-sea-turtle-nesting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>