The 2023 hurricane season begins
This week, a new hurricane season began. Estuario urges you to download the Community Hurricane Preparedness Guide and follow its recommendations. Your community's strength and resilience begin at home.
Also visit the Estuary Virtual Community Center, where you'll find vital information, such as relevant emergency numbers and instructions for preparing emergency kits. Don't panic! Be prepared.
Job opportunities
ACCOUNTANT – BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACT FUNDING
Estuary is seeking qualified applications to add an accountant to our team for projects receiving funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
See the announcement: https://estuario.org/contract-announcement-accountant-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-funding/
PARTICIPATION FACILITATOR – ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD DETECTION AND CORRECTION PROJECT
Estuary seeks to hire an intersectoral collaboration facilitator for the detection and correction of illegal discharges within the San Juan Bay Estuary and its watershed.
See the call for proposals: https://estuario.org/convocatoria-facilitadora-de-participacion-proyecto-de-deteccion-y-correccion-de-descargas-ilicitas/
Family day out at the County Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve
Just one day left until the family day out at the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve! Join us on Saturday, June 3, 2023, starting at 9:00 am at Jaime Benítez Park. We'll have an illustration workshop, educational games, and a story time for the whole family.
Learn more at https://estuario.org/eventos/.
Resident artist of the Estuary
A new season of resident artists at the Estuary begins. Join artist Angélica Rivera and be part of the creation of the Mural with a Conscience; a project where you will learn about and how to illustrate the species that inhabit the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve.
The project consists of three workshops where you will create illustrations that will form part of a collaborative mural in Jaime Benítez Park. The workshop dates are listed below:
- 3 of June - Botanical illustration: from observation to expression – with the botanist Mario García Quesada
- 10 of June - Marine life and I – with the oceanographer and marine biologist, Dr. Jorge Bauzá
- 24 of June - The elements, nature, and me
All workshops will be held in Jaime Benítez Park, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. These are free of charge.
Register at https://estuario.org/eventos/.
For more information, contact Lara Medina at [email protected] . We look forward to hearing from you!
Estuary Cinema
On Saturday, June 3, 2023, following the family outing, Cine del Estuario presents: League of Super Pets; at 7:00 pm in Jaime Benítez Park at the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve. This event is free. Bring your blanket or chair!
World Oceans Day
On Wednesday, June 7, we celebrate World Oceans Day. Join us for the virtual workshop: Oceanography and Water Quality in an Urban Estuary: Stories and Experiences in Commemoration of World Oceans Day; from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm via Zoom. Register today at https://estuario.org/eventos/.
Certification of scientific citizens
Coastal resilience module:
- 9 of June - Field trip: monitoring coral communities; from 8:00 am to 10:00 am at County Lagoon
- 10 June – Field trip: mangrove planting; from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Crashboat Beach, Aguadilla
- 14 June Introduction to coastal resilience; virtual workshop via Zoom, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Water quality module
- 8 June – Field trip: bacteriological monitoring in Laguna del Condado and coastal area; from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Register today! See all events and additional information about the certification process and thematic modules at https://estuario.org/ccc/.
Remember that we are certifying students in grades 9 through 12 through the Coastal Resilience module. This certification allows you to complete your Green Contact hours or community service (in a public or private school).
For more information and to coordinate your participation, please contact us by email at: [email protected] and [email protected] . Share it!
We are looking for leaders for the recycling stations of the second Tito Matos Fest at Taller Comunidad La Goyco
The "Don't Let It Touch the Ground or Reach the Water" campaign and the Estuary Citizen Scientist Certification invite you to participate as a volunteer at the recycling stations of the second Tito Matos Fest, at Taller Comunidad La Goyco, on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11, 2023. Choose your shift and register here.
Support at recycling stations during the event will be validated as field experience for the Microplastics Characterization and Reduction Module of the Estuary Citizen Scientist Certification.
Tito Matos Fest is a commemoration of the life, work, music, art and community activism of Tito Matos, a great friend, collaborator and neighbor of the Estuary.
Weekly bacteriological monitoring
Assessment conducted on Thursday, June 1, 2023. We have a GREEN flag for the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Nature Reserve. We recommend avoiding areas that exceeded the water quality parameter for enterococci (70 CFU/100mL). Remember to avoid direct contact with the water during rain events.
