2014 Cozumel Turtle Season Update
This year’s turtle nesting season is now in full swing. Both Green turtles (chelonian mydas) and Loggerhead turtles (careta careta) are nesting in Cozumel coasts. In fact, we’ve located and tagged 464 nests.
This is the busiest time of the season since our first 15 nests have already hatched and been released, yet the turtles are still nesting on the beach. We’ll be releasing more turtle nests in the following days. This is a very active season and we’re in need of a lot of volunteers.
The Department of Ecology, which is located on Av. 65 in the Cenote Park, just south of Moby Dick, will be running a Sunday night patrolling group. Please come by and register to help out!
Additionally the following groups are still going out every night searching for and tagging turtle nests.
H. AYUNTAMIENTO
NATIONAL PARK
CIMAC
FUNDACIÓN DE PARQUES Y MUSEOS DE COZUMEL PASA ÁAK
There is a lot more to do and we require help.. please come by and get involved!
Cozumel’s turtle program trailer, located on the windward side of the island, is sponsored by the Municipal Department of Ecology. Their offices are located in the Centoe Park on Av. 65, just south of the event hall “Moby Dick.” Staff will be in the office from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Weekdays. please contact Ricardo, at charlesrichard527@hotmail.com call the Ecology office at 872 5795.
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An ex-Connecticut Yankee who has called Cozumel home for over 18 years, Laura ran away to the Caribbean years ago, bumped around the islands teaching SCUBA diving, lost some time in Jamaica, and finally stopped in Cozumel for a 2 week vacation that hasn’t ended yet. With a degree in Journalism from a fancy private college she convinced her parents to pay for, Laura writes, edits, and creates the weeklyCozumel 4 You news,social media, and promotional articles about the island, as well as moderates the Cozumel 4 You Facebook group, which currently has over 25,000 members. Her long suffering husband, Fabian, has long since resigned himself to having zero private life, as he’s been involved in her various schemes and plots since his arrival. Proud parents to a variety of rescue dogs and cats, Laura continues to be the bane of her traditional Mexican mother-in-law’s existence, as she muses her way through life in the Mexican Caribbean.
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Una ex yanqui de Connecticut quien llama hogar a Cozumel desde hace más de 15 años. Laura escapó al Caribe hace años, desplazándose de una isla a otra dando clases de BUCEO. Se dedicó a perder el tiempo en Jamaica y finalmente se detuvo en Cozumel para pasar unas vacaciones de 2 semanas que aún no terminan. Convenciendo a sus padres que pagaran una elegante universidad privada, obtuvo su título en Periodismo y Laura crea semanalmente Cozumel 4You, medios sociales y artículos promocionales sobre la Isla y también es moderadora en el grupo Cozumel 4 You en Facebook que actualmente cuenta con 25,000 miembros. Fabián, s umuy tolerante marido, desde hace mucho tiempo se resignó a no tener vida privada, pues se ha visto implicado en los diversos proyectos y planes que urde Laura. Son orgullosos padres de diversos perros y gatos rescatados. Mientras contempla su paso a través de la vida en el Caribe mexicano,Laura continúa siendo la pesadilla en la existencia de su muy tradicional suegra mexicana.
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