Estuary Update
Below, we share opportunities for collaboration, volunteering, and training this week, through initiatives and actions planned to benefit the ecosystems of the San Juan Bay Estuary and its communities.
Contract opportunities
We have the following calls for applications available:
See all calls for proposals at https://estuario.org/avisos/.
Field trips for the certification of citizen scientists
Estuario invites you to participate in the following field trips corresponding to the coastal resilience thematic module:
- Monitoring of seagrasses; on Friday, March 3, 2023, and
- Coral reef monitoring; Friday, March 10, 2023
Both field trips will be from 8 am to 12 pm. Their location will be announced later, and depends on favorable weather conditions for the coastal area between Condado and Isla Verde.
Sign up today at https://estuario.org/eventos/.
Family day out at the County Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve
On Saturday, March 4, 2023, we will hold the next family day at the Laguna del Condado Estuarine Nature Reserve, with the following activities:
- 8 am – 10 A.M: Underwater and terrestrial cleaning of the lagoon
- 10 A.M - 12 m.: Plant identification workshop at the Reserve
- 4 A.M - 6 pm: Family games, “Goofy Games”
- 6 A.M - 7 pm: Water Quality Day Training Workshop
And at 7 pm, stay for Estuary Cinema! This event is open to everyone. Sign up at https://estuario.org/eventos/ to receive additional information and updates. For further questions, you can also write to [email protected] We look forward to seeing you!
Estuary Cinema
On Saturday, March 4, 2023, Estuary Cinema presents: The Woman King, at 7 pm in Jaime Benítez Park at the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve. As always, this event is free. Bring your blanket or chair!
Water Quality Day 2023
The fifteenth Water Quality Day will be on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Have you chosen your body of water yet? Registration is open! Create your group, choose your body of water, and register it at: https://estuario.org/diadecalidaddeagua/.
This March 2023, we have scheduled in-person training workshops. In these workshops, we will inform you about the registration process, monitoring kit, data collection, and everything you need to make your monitoring activity a success. The dates and locations of the workshops are as follows:
- Saturday, March 4, 10:00 am-11:00 am:
- at the Inter-American University, Fajardo Campus and
- at La Goyco Community Workshop, Santurce.
- Saturday, March 4, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm:
- in Jaime Benítez Park, Laguna del Condado.
- Saturday, March 11, 9:00 am-10:00 am:
- at the Inter-American University, Bayamón Campus.
Sign up on our portal: https://estuario.org/diadecalidaddeagua/.
Leave a clean footprint in Piñones
Estuario presents the community campaign “ Leave a Clean Footprint in Piñones ,” an educational effort focused on action to care for the coastal ecosystems of Piñones through the reduction of solid waste and its responsible disposal, in collaboration with the organization LimPiaR.
Last Friday, February 10, 2023, the campaign signage was delivered to two businesses in Piñones:
Thank you for your commitment!
The "Leave a Clean Footprint" campaign in Piñones continues the methods of the educational campaign "Don't Let It Touch the Ground or Reach the Water," which has 20 businesses and collaborators on Loíza Street in Santurce. Both campaigns are part of the Estuary's Aquatic Debris Program.
Weekly bacteriological monitoring
Assessment conducted on Thursday, February 23, 2023. We have a GREEN flag at the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve. The stations marked in red exceeded the water quality parameter for enterococci (70 CFU/100 ml). We recommend avoiding direct contact with these bodies of water during rain events (and for at least 48 hours afterward).
The restoration and water quality management efforts in the San Juan Bay estuary watershed are made possible by our supporters. Donations to the Estuary are tax-deductible in Puerto Rico and the United States.
For more information, visit https://estuario.org/donar/.
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