Estuary Update!
Greetings to our volunteers, collaborators, followers, and the entire estuary community. We send you warm estuary greetings and hope you are well as you receive this email. We are sharing these initiatives and actions carried out week after week. These activities, tips, and information are for the benefit of all.
Training Workshop: Christmas Bird Censuses Gamaliel Pagán Hernández
Join us for the Gamaliel Pagán Hernández Christmas Bird Census Training Workshop tomorrow , Saturday, December 12, 2020, at 10:00 AM via Zoom. Learn about, count, and record the birds that inhabit the Estuary's ecosystems, from the mountains to the coast. Presented by the Estuary's manager and education coordinator, Eliezer Nieves Rodríguez and Coral Avilés Santiago. The workshop is free of charge. To register, click HERE.
Illustrate and create your augmented reality filter
The workshops on illustration, digitization, and augmented reality filter creation continue, led by the current Estuary Artist-in-Residence, Adriana García. You can join interactive workshops where you can share your progress, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 AM to 12 PM via the Taller Comunidad La Goyco Facebook page.
The next workshop , Spark AR: Creating a Basic Filter, will be on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 5 PM. Register HERE.
Weekly water quality monitoring
We present the results of the weekly water quality monitoring, carried out on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Results published on our Facebook page.
New signage for the Estuarine Reserve of the County Lagoon
We invite you to take a tour of this area where we have installed new signs to inform you of permitted activities. Please remember that fishing and the capture of species, the use of motor vehicles, and light pollution are prohibited in this zone , in accordance with Law 112-2013.
If you see any irregularities in this body of water, we share the community protocol for submitting complaints and reporting environmental violations: https://estuario.org/protocolo-denuncias-ambientales
Puerto Rico Watershed Symposium 2020
Yesterday, Thursday, December 10th, the Puerto Rico Watershed Symposium 2020 was held. It was a great success! The Estuary thanks the panelists who came together to share their knowledge:
To the plenary presenter of the event, Dr. Thomas H. Douthat from Louisiana State University, Dr. Miguel A. García Bermúdez of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dr. Jorge Rivera Santos from the Institute for Research on Water Resources and the Environment of Puerto Rico, Brenda Torres Barreto y Dr. Jorge Bauzá-Ortega of the Estuary, the Prof. Edgardo González González from the Center for Landscape Conservation, Marcela Cañón from the Bahia Beach Resort, Dr. Carlos E Ramos-Scharrón from the University of Texas at Austin, Roberto A. Viqueira-Ríos and Dr. Lisa Vandiver of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, María de Lourdes Fernández-Valencia and the Dr. Christian A. Villalta-Calderón from the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Dr. Rebeca De Jesús-Crespo from Louisiana State University, Tania M. Metz-Estrella from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of PR, to Dr. Gustavo A. Martínez of the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus, and the Dr. Elvia J. Meléndez-Ackerman from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
We also thank the public who attended and participated with their questions and comments, a total of 304 people.
Videos of all presentations and transcripts of questions and answers will soon be available on the event page: http://prwreri.uprm.edu/simposio2020/Home.php
Publications
Torres Barreto, B. December 10, 2020. The Imminent Risk of Climate Change. Point of View. El Nuevo Día. Web. https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-de-vista/el-riesgo-inminente-del-cambio-climatico/
Help the Estuary by shopping on Amazon
Thanks to the AmazonSmile initiative, they can contribute to the Estuary's activity budgets for the restoration and management of water bodies in the metropolitan area at no additional cost.
Simply access the following link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/66-0657150
After choosing Estuary as their preferred entity, they can continue their shopping as usual.
The Estuary wishes you a great weekend!
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The Estuary wishes you a good weekend. We encourage you to stay connected with us through our social media channels.
The restoration and water quality management efforts in the San Juan Bay Estuary watershed are made possible by our community. Donations to the Estuary are tax-deductible in Puerto Rico and the United States.
For more information and to make a donation, please visit https://estuario.org/donar/
