News
The Estuary is looking for co-hosts for Water Quality Day 2026
If you are interested in co-hosting Water Quality Day, please access the following link to register and participate in Monday's orientation.
Results of the Christmas bird censuses Gamaliel Pagán Hernández (2023-2024)
This holiday season, the Estuary carried out the traditional Gamaliel Pagan Hernandez Christmas Bird Census, from December 14, 2023 to 5
Puerto Rican citizen scientists for ecological resilience
Deposition at the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative Summit
Recent
Estuary Summit 2022
All those familiar with the estuary and its ecosystems are welcome.
We have new signs at County Lagoon!
We have new signs at County Lagoon! These provide guidelines for the responsible care and enjoyment of this estuarine reserve, in accordance with Law 112-2013.
Community protocol for submitting complaints and reporting environmental violations
Please obtain the following documentation: Location of the incident (street, sector, municipality, etc.) Date the incident occurred (if possible, include the time) Name
Newsletters
Weekly update (April 17, 2026)
Read Estuary Weekly Update Here This week we share more ways to support and contribute to the protection and management of the Estuary
Weekly update (April 10, 2026)
Read Estuary Weekly Update here. The Citizen Scientist Month continues strong in the Estuary. Just days away from the eighteenth.
Weekly update (April 3, 2026)
READ ESTUARY WEEKLY UPDATE HERE Weekly Estuary Update April, Citizen Science Month, is here! This week, we're sharing opportunities to get involved in Citizen Science Day
Columns
Planning, collaboration, and resilience
The newly elected officials – governor, legislators, and mayors – have the challenge of working tirelessly and in close collaboration to rebuild a resilient Puerto Rico.
Dilemma of the environmentalist driver
The environmental vote is the exercise of democracy by the citizen who is aware of their ecological footprint.
Action to recover beaches and estuary
Heavy downpours like those of last week from Tropical Storm Isaias have a detrimental effect on several of our most important ecological, recreational, and economic resources: metropolitan beaches and the Condado Lagoon Estuarine Reserve.
Press releases
Estuary invites to forum on interagency efforts for clean water
The communities will hear from agency representatives about their progress.
Estuary invites reflection on the importance of water resources through Puerto Rico's twelfth Water Quality Monitoring Day
In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event adds new safety protocols and a new itinerary.
The San Juan Bay Estuary Program warns that San Juan beaches and Condado Lagoon are not suitable for swimming this weekend
Measurements by the non-profit corporation reveal high levels of enterococci caused by the rains.
Flashes
Glimpses of the Estuary: August 2019
After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017, the Estuary focused on reducing vulnerability and increasing the resilience of its communities. Two years later, three community resilience centers have been established in Caimito (San Juan), Puente Blanco (Cataño), and Loíza Pueblo (Loíza).
Glimpses of the Estuary: July 2019
The Estuary Community Resilience Unit organized several activities for the science day at the Puente Blanco community's Summer Recreation Camp in La Esperanza Park, Cataño. Workshops were offered on water quality monitoring with monitoring coordinator Harold Manrique, birdwatching with education manager Eliezer Nieves, and others.
Glimpses of the Estuary: June 2019
With the beginning of 2019's hurricane season, one of Estuario's current goals is to increase its'
communities' capacity and sense of self-management in the event of a disastrous hurricane.
