The Senderos de Nosara project has a chance to expand and improve its trails but needs some immediate help. Last week, the project became eligible for a sizable grant from INDER (Instituto de Desarrollo Rural) that could be used to build little bridges, fill in low sections, and continue expanding the system. However, the grant […]
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On May 2 TORTUGuiones published its Ostional National Wildlife Refuge brochure online as the beginning of an educational campaign. The goal of the campaign is to educate the general public on sea turtle conservation, the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, and other issues relevant to conservation in the area. This will be an ongoing initiative targeted
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Bobbi Johnson continues her stories from her early days in Nosara. This month, she writes of times she realized that in Costa Rica, some things take a little getting used to. Mail and Visitors. For our first Christmas, in 1989, I received notification that I had two packages at the Aduana in Puntarenas. One from
In commemoration of Earth Day, and in light of one of the issues that touch us most profoundly in Nosara, NCA invited environmental advocate and lawyer María Fernanda Vargas González to share her thoughts about water resource management. As an exceptionally dry season ends, you may have heard of Integrated Water Resource Management (Gestión integrada
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Previous blogs have presented ways to reduce the amount of waste in the landfill by composting organic matter and described how and what to recycle in transparent bags for collection every Wednesday morning. This month’s topic is Reuse. Did you know that enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth four times?
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Dan Abrams, proprietor of Playa Bike, writes: “Rolling down the road from the Gilded Iguana to the beach on your bike you notice something new. It’s a trail marker. Maybe you saw the trail entrance before, but you’re not sure. Now that someone has gone to the trouble of marking it, maybe now is the
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TORTUGuiones has increased its presence on social media and recruited volunteers to keep an eye out for hatchlings and educate the public. In March, volunteers watched for signs of baby turtles emerging from nests laid in the beginning of February. The hatchlings did not disappoint! A total of 11 different sightings of hatchlings and 5
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Bobbi Johnson reminisces some more about her early days in Nosara, this time about the dogs she has known and loved: Our first dog was Mickey, a skinny stray living with a family who was not able to care for her. We spayed her and fattened her up and then the family wanted her back
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Last month’s Talkin’ Trash blog discussed what and how to recycle in Nosara. This month, let’s talk about reducing the waste stream by using organic waste, which constitutes half of the Nosara landfill, according to a University of Florida study commissioned by Nosara Recicla. Nosara Recicla has tested different ways to properly dispose of organics.
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The trail signs and maps are up! Now you can see where you are… … and how to get where you want to go. Many thanks are due to those who helped put the signs and maps in place: Dan Abrams, whose Playa Bike was a center of operations and storage of materials and assembly.
