Life’s a Beach

In July TortuGuiones worked with volunteers from Global Leadership Adventures to place markers every 50 m along Playa Pelada. The group also made a TortuGuiones sign and did a beach cleanup at Pelada. They have started a “Keep Nosara Wild” campaign to educate locals and tourists that driving is prohibited within the wildlife refuge on […]

This month TORTUGuiones is submitting a progress report to MINAE, with current data, an initial analysis of threats to sea turtles in Guiones, and recommendations for action. The full report is available in these PDF links in English and Spanish. Here is a brief summary: The key areas of concern for sea turtle conservation in

TORTUGuiones’ focus in May was its “No Plastics” campaign. A series of educational talks with local school groups in Nosara, Santa Marta, and Del Mar Academy discussed the TORTUGuiones project, basic sea turtle biology, the marine food web, and threats to sea turtles, with a specific emphasis on marine debris and single-use plastics. The campaign

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

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

Thanks to a great turnout of volunteers on February 6, reference markers have been placed every 50 meters along Playa Guiones from the northern end down to Bakers Beach. You are invited to meet on Saturday, March 12, at 7:30 am, at the Baker’s Beach entrance to Playa Guiones (near Nosara Beach Hostel) to help

Read on to see what you can do right now. The turtles like our beach! In the month of January alone, TORTUGuiones volunteers logged 9 reported sightings of hatchlings, 2 sightings of nesting females at Guiones central, and sightings of 5 other nests between Pelada and Guiones. This is likely an underestimate because not all

NCA would like to introduce you to two of our partner organizations: BarriGuiones and TORTUGuiones. The beach is becoming greener: notice the saplings planted all along the dunes. These plantings are the work of BarriGuiones, a community reforesting project begun in May 2011, The project is an offshoot of Costas Verdes – a nonprofit NGO