Save the Sea Turtles

Dear friend, 

We want to give you a couple important updates on the sea turtle project you’re supporting. 

Over the last quarter, 16,667 green sea turtle eggs have hatched on our beaches! In the eastern pacific, this endangered species is primarily found in the beaches of Central America where it nests. In addition, we protected 302 olive Ridley sea turtles -- all of this in just a few months with your support. These numbers include turtles protected in partnership with us at Rancho Santana, a resort that works in close partnership with our sea turtle program. 

One species of a particular importance is the hawksbill sea turtle which is critically endangered. You can read a short blog post about why the open beach nesting subpopulation that you help us protect is so important to the species survival. Here is the blog. We have one hawkbill nest under our care and had a total of 53 hatched hawksbills!

The last week has been difficult for us. There has been a mass event of sea turtles that have washed ashore on beaches of Nicaragua. The greater portion of these have been dead green sea turtles and there are arguments as to why this could be. It could be caused by fishing boats but it could also be the result of a red tide. Last week, we went out with scientists from UNAN Managua who collected water samples to see if they could detect red tide. Although these developments are heartbreaking, the support that you provide gives us the wherewithal to continue our effort to protect sea turtles.

Your support is so valuable to the future of sea turtles in the eastern pacific, and we thank you for being here with us during this challenging time.