Experts: Lights for new Buc-ee’s exit deadly to Coastal Georgia's baby sea turtles

A high mast light at Exit 42, the location of the new Buc-ee’s in Brunswick, GA, on June 25, 2025. (Justin Taylor/The Current GA/CatchLight Local)

Like many Coastal Georgians, baby sea turtles may begin to start crawling towards the new Buc-ee’s mega gas station in Brunswick. 

In the turtles’ cases, however, a journey towards Buc-ee’s, rather than the ocean, would likely kill them. 

The reason for their journey towards the supersized service station? The lights illuminating the I-95 exit to Buc-ee’s.