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Marine Turtle Conservation
Dedicated to the Protection and the Conservation of Endangered Marine Turtles for the last 27 Years! Volunteer for a Minimum of $300 a Month for Accommodations! |
~ Newsletter No. 235, September, 2021 ~
Hola Volunteers and Supporters ~
Turtle wise: This September, we collected over 467 nests. Poachers took around 4.2% and about 2% washed out due to high waves and beach erosion. The good news, the nests are hatching very well, and thousands of tracks can be seen. It looks like birds, dogs and driftwood are not a problem for them.
2021 may turn out to be the third largest nesting season in nearly thirty years, with a little over 1,003 nests recorded to date. For the most part, the nests were collected by an average of only four volunteers.
This has not been an easy season for us, continuous heavy rain has cut deep trenches across the beach and soaked us to the bone. Debris from rivers have creating piles of driftwood that turned driving on the beach into a nightmare at times. Now, Los Olas has fenced off our access to the beach for the first time ever.
One of our volunteers jumped off the buggy fender and ran down to an uprooted tree at the shoreline. From beneath the roots and under water he pulled out a turtle that was trapped upside down, good eyes.
This is important, please read the two informative letters listed below.
http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn60/mtn60p19.shtml?nocount
http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn151/mtn151-4.shtml
They explain, in the strongest language possible, why you should never dig up a nest and remove hatchlings for any reason at any time, or place hatchlings in a container for any amount of time.
Throughout the operation of our box and beach nurseries, we were extremely careful to remove only hatchlings from their nests that were ready within an hour before releasing them at sunset. We removed only those hatchlings that were totally active, or that would become totally active, within an hour after sunset. These procedures guaranteed that no yoke material was wasted, and the hatchling’s energy would be saved for the open sea.
A cry for help from the hatchlings. Don’t dig us up and place us in a container for hours. We are hatchlings, we’re not toys to play with. We have only enough energy within our yoke material that we drew into our body to supply us oxygen under the sand, to reach the surface and then the sea. What remains of our yoke material is needed to swim far out to sea for three to six days and nights without stopping or eating. Please don’t dig us up for any reason, we were not created for donations.
We would like to thank our September volunteers: Karen Sorum, Hallie Loveridge, Esteban Millard, Sandra lee, Christian García. Taylor Kimbell, Maria Markham. In early October: Julie Palatan, and Adrien Dion, Aleah Nieder, Malka Katz, Ricky Burke, and Susie Stephens, will join us. Also, we would like to thank many members of the community that have stepped forward to help us.
Weather wise, daytime temperatures have been in the mid- to very mid- to high-80°, while nighttime temperatures have been in the low to mid-70°. Total rainfall for the year came to 68.09 inches, and for September we received over 22.59 inches. No serious hurricane activity for nearly six years.
We are exceptionally indebted to the September donors: Gale Greer, Lynda Gilman, Terry West, Patricia Schmidt, Karen Hope, Jennifer Nelsen, Lisa Fisher, Esteban Millard, Evelyne Boren, Cheryl Jones, John Cordova, Poco Despacio Buttonsmith, Jonathan Kingson, Paris Organist, and one large anonymous donor. To donate go to Our Paypal portal. Also, because of the pandemic, we have no other way of obtaining donations aside from PayPal, so help if you can.
Also, any bright lights shining on the beach will distort the hatchlings’ sense of direction and cause them to move in the wrong direction away from the sea. Remember, low wattage, orange, amber, and light red lights can be purchased at the Home Depot. Installing colored lights will also make your yard look more attractive than white lights. We would like to thank the few beach residents that have changed their lights.
Frank Smith, Director
Grupo Ecológico de la Costa Verde, A.C.
Email: grupo-eco@project-tortuga.org
Website: http://www.project-tortuga.org
Facebook page: San Pancho Marine Turtle Project
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projecttortugasanpancho/
Tel. 311 258 4100
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Turtle wise: This September, we collected over 467 nests. Poachers took around 4.2% and about 2% washed out due to high waves and beach erosion. The good news, the nests are hatching very well, and thousands of tracks can be seen. It looks like birds, dogs and driftwood are not a problem for them.
2021 may turn out to be the third largest nesting season in nearly thirty years, with a little over 1,003 nests recorded to date. For the most part, the nests were collected by an average of only four volunteers.
This has not been an easy season for us, continuous heavy rain has cut deep trenches across the beach and soaked us to the bone. Debris from rivers have creating piles of driftwood that turned driving on the beach into a nightmare at times. Now, Los Olas has fenced off our access to the beach for the first time ever.
One of our volunteers jumped off the buggy fender and ran down to an uprooted tree at the shoreline. From beneath the roots and under water he pulled out a turtle that was trapped upside down, good eyes.
This is important, please read the two informative letters listed below.
http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn60/mtn60p19.shtml?nocount
http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn151/mtn151-4.shtml
They explain, in the strongest language possible, why you should never dig up a nest and remove hatchlings for any reason at any time, or place hatchlings in a container for any amount of time.
Throughout the operation of our box and beach nurseries, we were extremely careful to remove only hatchlings from their nests that were ready within an hour before releasing them at sunset. We removed only those hatchlings that were totally active, or that would become totally active, within an hour after sunset. These procedures guaranteed that no yoke material was wasted, and the hatchling’s energy would be saved for the open sea.
A cry for help from the hatchlings. Don’t dig us up and place us in a container for hours. We are hatchlings, we’re not toys to play with. We have only enough energy within our yoke material that we drew into our body to supply us oxygen under the sand, to reach the surface and then the sea. What remains of our yoke material is needed to swim far out to sea for three to six days and nights without stopping or eating. Please don’t dig us up for any reason, we were not created for donations.
We would like to thank our September volunteers: Karen Sorum, Hallie Loveridge, Esteban Millard, Sandra lee, Christian García. Taylor Kimbell, Maria Markham. In early October: Julie Palatan, and Adrien Dion, Aleah Nieder, Malka Katz, Ricky Burke, and Susie Stephens, will join us. Also, we would like to thank many members of the community that have stepped forward to help us.
Weather wise, daytime temperatures have been in the mid- to very mid- to high-80°, while nighttime temperatures have been in the low to mid-70°. Total rainfall for the year came to 68.09 inches, and for September we received over 22.59 inches. No serious hurricane activity for nearly six years.
We are exceptionally indebted to the September donors: Gale Greer, Lynda Gilman, Terry West, Patricia Schmidt, Karen Hope, Jennifer Nelsen, Lisa Fisher, Esteban Millard, Evelyne Boren, Cheryl Jones, John Cordova, Poco Despacio Buttonsmith, Jonathan Kingson, Paris Organist, and one large anonymous donor. To donate go to Our Paypal portal. Also, because of the pandemic, we have no other way of obtaining donations aside from PayPal, so help if you can.
Also, any bright lights shining on the beach will distort the hatchlings’ sense of direction and cause them to move in the wrong direction away from the sea. Remember, low wattage, orange, amber, and light red lights can be purchased at the Home Depot. Installing colored lights will also make your yard look more attractive than white lights. We would like to thank the few beach residents that have changed their lights.
Frank Smith, Director
Grupo Ecológico de la Costa Verde, A.C.
Email: grupo-eco@project-tortuga.org
Website: http://www.project-tortuga.org
Facebook page: San Pancho Marine Turtle Project
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projecttortugasanpancho/
Tel. 311 258 4100
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