Save the Sea Turtles

Dear Friend, 

We have some exciting new updates about our sea turtle efforts that you’re supporting!

• Over the last six months, your support has enabled us to protect over 92 endangered green turtles and 3 critically endangered hawksbill nests. Our team of community rangers, together with local volunteers has been working round the clock during this time period, making sure that the nests are not damaged by other animals like dogs and vultures, while also keeping watch out for additional nests. Thank you for making this possible.

• The InvestEGGator decoy sea turtle egg that you helped us to launch was featured on The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca on CBS!  Our executive director Dr. Sarah Otterstrom and conservation scientist Dr. Kim Williams-Guillén were interviewed about our remarkable technology that is helping save sea turtles! We couldn’t be more thankful to our donors for supporting us on our journey. From science articles to our GlobalGiving campaign to being on this show, you’ve been with us all along and for that, we are so grateful. You can find our segment on Youtube. We would like to share that the eggs are being deployed in south america and the Caribbean this winter, providing law enforcement with critical information.

• In our latest efforts to make sure that baby sea turtles enter the ocean safely, 7 our Junior Rangers who have assisted the adult ranger team, helping a nest of over 65 hatchlings return to the sea!
• We participated in Sea Turtle Talks, a Twitter event that gathers scientists all across the world to present their research in a series of tweets. Our presentation was about the subpopulation of Eastern Pacific Hawksbills in Central America. Our presentation shed light on the turtle and our efforts to track uncovered that female adult hawksbill sea turtles in the region are spending much of their time in mangrove estuaries where they feed and can be safer from boats and nets.
• Paso Pacifico rangers, Junior Rangers and hotel Rancho Santana came together to participate in the International Coastal Cleanup in September. Together, they cleaned up 5 nesting beaches, making room for female turtles to nest safely on the beach!
• Our community rangers had the opportunity to witness Eastern Green Sea Turtles mating during an ocean survey made possible by your support! You are helping us protect a region that is one of the most important breeding sites for green sea turtles in Central America.

We are so thankful for your love for sea turtles! Your passion fuels our conservation work and keeps sea turtles protected.

Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year,

Sarah Otterstrom

Executive Director

Links:

• CBS Innovation Nation Feature story of InvestEGGator decoy egg