Rafael Chacon, Cozumel’s Director of Ecology and the Environment, is reporting there have been 3,227 turtle nests identified in the windward-side beach area between Rasta’s and Mezcalitos. The Ecology department and their volunteers are still patrolling the area, and are reporting between 7 – 15 nesting turtles a night. Anyone can volunteer to assist these sea creatures as they come ashore to nest. A $55 usd donation and previous reservations are required.
Some of the very first nests have now started hatching, and volunteers are releasing the young turtles back into the sea. Starting August 15th, the turtle trailer will be staffed and prepped for the second stage of turtle season: Search and Rescue. The program is slightly different, with orientation starting mid-afternoon. Volunteers will revise marked nests in search of hatchlings who haven’t made it out of the nest yet so that they too, can make it to the sea. The orientation fee for this phase is only $25 usd, and is open to anyone between the ages of 4 – 70 years old.
Either contact, Cozumel Turtles on facebook, www.facebook.com/CozumelTurtles, or visit the Municipal Department of Ecology, located at the Cenote Park on Av. 65, just south of Moby Dick.
Also, every Saturday, starting at 8 am, volunteers are still leaving from the Ecology offices for a weekly beach-clean up. Again, anyone is welcome to join.
This story originally appeared in the weekly Cozumel 4 You NEWS – the island’s number one source of positive information about our island! Be sure and subscribe to the weekly NEWS to find out all the island events!…
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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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