Estuary Update
Greetings from the estuary! 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.
Christmas Bird Censuses Gamaliel Pagán Hernández
The Gamaliel Pagán Hernández Christmas Bird Censuses are here! Conducted in collaboration with the Audubon Society, these censuses are key to assessing the ecosystems that make up the San Juan Bay Estuary. The censuses will be carried out from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., starting Wednesday, December 14, 2022, and ending Thursday, January 5, 2023. Everyone is invited.
These censuses count as contact hours for Citizen Scientist Certification in the Participatory Bird Census Module. If you've already taken the introductory and/or elective workshop, sign up!
Choose your date and register today at https://estuario.org/eventos/.
The educational day at the Laguna del Condado Estuarine Nature Reserve was a complete success.
Last Saturday, December 3rd, we held an educational day at the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve. Members of the public planted and monitored mangrove growth in the reserve, monitored water quality, took an interpretive tour, chatted with us at our educational table, and enjoyed an Estuary Cinema screening. A big thank you to everyone who joined us! See the photo gallery here.
Media coverage and publications
Ramírez Colón, CI December 4, 2022. Every drop counts: cooking oil, a resource. Opinion. El Nuevo Día. P.52.
Ramírez Colón, CI December 4, 2022. Every drop counts: cooking oil, waste or resource? Point of View. El Nuevo Día. Web.
Weekly bacteriological monitoring
Assessment conducted on Thursday, December 8, 2022. We have a GREEN flag at the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve and the monitored beaches. However, we suggest caution at Station 1 (Jaime Benítez Park) in Condado Lagoon. This station did not meet the water quality standard. We recommend avoiding direct contact with bodies of water during rain events and for at least 48 hours afterward. Furthermore, dangerous maritime and coastal conditions prevail, according to the National Weather Service in San Juan, due to a northeast swell. We recommend that swimmers avoid entering the beaches in the coming days.
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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