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~ Newsletter No. 240 February, 2022 ~
Hola Volunteers and Supporters ~
Turtle wise: Between mid-November and mid-May we should expect to see about 62 late nests, in time they will hatch naturally as they have for millions of years. If we go back thirty years ago to a time when we were collecting an average of 200 nests per year, the number of late nests came to about 8 nests. As the number of nests collected began to increase from 200 to 1,480 the number of late nests also began to increase.
You can help us, if you see fresh turtle tacks or a nest site. Take time to erase them so poachers cannot find the nest site. Note, because of the winter cold most hatchlings produced today are male.
I receive many emails and telephone calls asking for the date and time of the next hatchling release. Marine turtle professionals around the world have warned us that publicly releasing hatchlings is the major reason that most hatchlings do not survive their long journey far out to sea. The reason, when hatchlings are held in container for hours or even days to release them at resorts and hotels, the energy stored in their body is exhausted.
Unfortunately, because of these findings we will not be publicly releasing hatchlings again. It is a serious problem facing hatchlings around the world, and we must do our best to help them survive.
January Volunteers: Karen Sorum and Hallie Loveridge, Juan Flores and family, Taylor Kimbell, Katie Grant, Esteban Millard, Susan Stephens and Rickey Bunke. We are looking for several more volunteer for this coming summer, if you or a friend are interested go to our webpage: Application
The pandemic has somewhat chopped into our ability to obtain the needed volunteers as we had in the past. Although the pandemic problem is looking better, in México has become far safer than in the USA with less than 43K cases per million inhabitance as compared to the USA with 328K cases.
Weather-wise: Temperatures during the day were in the high 70’s°, while nighttime temps were in the mid to high 60’s°. Mostly sunny, warm days. No rain in February, for the year the rainfall came to .02 inches.
It seems like we are blaming everything on the pandemic today, and we have one complaints to add to that list. Due to the pandemic we have loss all three of our winter rentals, the major problem with these losses, we do not own the apartments, and no matter what happens we must pay the rents in full. If you’re looking for an apartment to rent between March first to the end of April we can help you.
We have purchase a Can-am Outlander 450 all-terrain vehicle; this vehicle along with the Honda CRV will be licensed by Semarnat for use on the beach and will join the dune buggy (See image below). The Can-am will help us keep a better eye on poaching and those who are illegally harvesting hatchlings to sell to hotels and resorts. It will also give us the opportunity to visit our other five beaches.
Our recent donors are: Gale Greer, Steve Nelson, Jennifer Nelsen, Lynda Gilman, Karen Hope, and Jennifer Douglass. We are very grateful to receive your donations! Without your help, we would not be able to do our work. Purchasing he Can-am has set us back financially, although the purchase was necessary, but refunding our treasury is also necessary. If you can help us go to PayPal
Frank Smith
Director.
Grupo Ecológico de la Costa Verde, A.C.
Our email is: grupo-eco@project-tortuga.org
Our website is: http://www.project-tortuga.org
Our Facebook site is: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectTortuga/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projecttortugasanpancho/
Tel. 311-258-4100
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Turtle wise: Between mid-November and mid-May we should expect to see about 62 late nests, in time they will hatch naturally as they have for millions of years. If we go back thirty years ago to a time when we were collecting an average of 200 nests per year, the number of late nests came to about 8 nests. As the number of nests collected began to increase from 200 to 1,480 the number of late nests also began to increase.
You can help us, if you see fresh turtle tacks or a nest site. Take time to erase them so poachers cannot find the nest site. Note, because of the winter cold most hatchlings produced today are male.
I receive many emails and telephone calls asking for the date and time of the next hatchling release. Marine turtle professionals around the world have warned us that publicly releasing hatchlings is the major reason that most hatchlings do not survive their long journey far out to sea. The reason, when hatchlings are held in container for hours or even days to release them at resorts and hotels, the energy stored in their body is exhausted.
Unfortunately, because of these findings we will not be publicly releasing hatchlings again. It is a serious problem facing hatchlings around the world, and we must do our best to help them survive.
January Volunteers: Karen Sorum and Hallie Loveridge, Juan Flores and family, Taylor Kimbell, Katie Grant, Esteban Millard, Susan Stephens and Rickey Bunke. We are looking for several more volunteer for this coming summer, if you or a friend are interested go to our webpage: Application
The pandemic has somewhat chopped into our ability to obtain the needed volunteers as we had in the past. Although the pandemic problem is looking better, in México has become far safer than in the USA with less than 43K cases per million inhabitance as compared to the USA with 328K cases.
Weather-wise: Temperatures during the day were in the high 70’s°, while nighttime temps were in the mid to high 60’s°. Mostly sunny, warm days. No rain in February, for the year the rainfall came to .02 inches.
It seems like we are blaming everything on the pandemic today, and we have one complaints to add to that list. Due to the pandemic we have loss all three of our winter rentals, the major problem with these losses, we do not own the apartments, and no matter what happens we must pay the rents in full. If you’re looking for an apartment to rent between March first to the end of April we can help you.
We have purchase a Can-am Outlander 450 all-terrain vehicle; this vehicle along with the Honda CRV will be licensed by Semarnat for use on the beach and will join the dune buggy (See image below). The Can-am will help us keep a better eye on poaching and those who are illegally harvesting hatchlings to sell to hotels and resorts. It will also give us the opportunity to visit our other five beaches.
Our recent donors are: Gale Greer, Steve Nelson, Jennifer Nelsen, Lynda Gilman, Karen Hope, and Jennifer Douglass. We are very grateful to receive your donations! Without your help, we would not be able to do our work. Purchasing he Can-am has set us back financially, although the purchase was necessary, but refunding our treasury is also necessary. If you can help us go to PayPal
Frank Smith
Director.
Grupo Ecológico de la Costa Verde, A.C.
Our email is: grupo-eco@project-tortuga.org
Our website is: http://www.project-tortuga.org
Our Facebook site is: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectTortuga/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projecttortugasanpancho/
Tel. 311-258-4100
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