Earth Month Begins
Celebrate the beginning of the month with us, and join our Aquatic Debris Manager, Cristina Ramírez, to the workshop, Plastics to Microplastics: Public Policy and Impacts; An illustration of the effects of plastic on our ecosystems and the steps we’ve taken to ease the problem.
The workshop will be on Thursday, April 4, at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Register, here.
We will also have family activities, field trips, and more workshops on the topics of bird censuses, water quality, and coastal resilience.
See all the activities we have scheduled during the month of April, in estuario.org/eventos.
And of course, we’ll have Puerto Rico Water Quality Day!
Water Quality Day of Puerto Rico
The sixteenth Water Quality Day of Puerto Rico will be on Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., at a body of water near you.
Have you already registered your group? It’s time to take the training workshop and pick up your water quality kit. Workshops are available from April 1 to 11 throughout the island. There are also virtual workshops. Sign up for your workshop today, at: https://estuario.org/diadecalidaddeagua
Family Day at Condado Lagoon Natural Estuarine Reserve
We continue Earth month with the Family Day! On Saturday, April 6, 2024, we will have games, an interpretive tour (with Contacto Verde hours), a Water Quality Day of Puerto Rico training workshop, and Cine del Estuario. See you there! See more information at: estuario.org/eventos
Cine del Estuario
Employment Opportunities
Estuario Resident Artists—Request for proposal – Estuario Resident Artists generate artistic expressions with the aim of involving citizens in the process of conservation and restoration of the estuarine basin, in a creative and culturally relevant way. Through dialogue and exchange of ideas on the restoration and conservation of the estuarine ecosystem, the resident artists manage to increase environmental awareness and facilitate the development of a resilient watershed.
See more information at: estuario.org/empleos
Certification for Citizen Scientists
Below are the upcoming events scheduled. We add more activities regularly. See more information at: estuario.org/ccc
April 5 – Field trip: seed collection; with Andreína Alexatos, arborist, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Piñones State Forest
April 6 – Field trip: planting coastal vegetation with Andreína Alexatos, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Shacks Beach, Isabela
April 9 – Thematic Workshop: Ecological Assessment of Marine Habitats: Coral Communities and Seagrasses; with Daritzel Cintrón, Coastal Resilience Coordinator, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. via Zoom
April 11 – Field trip: coastal vegetation monitoring; with Andreína Alexatos, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Condado Lagoon
April 12 – Field Trip: Ecological Assessment of Coral Communities; with Daritzel Cintron, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Condado Lagoon
April 13 – Field trip: planting coastal vegetation with Andreína Alexatos, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Aguada
Educational Activities at the Condado Lagoon
Bring your school group to the Condado Lagoon Natural Estuarine Reserve! The San Juan Bay Estuary Partnership is offering educational activities at the Jaime Benítez Park, including interpretive tours, workshops and other activities related to the topics of biodiversity, ecosystems, water quality, green infrastructure and coastal resilience.
Spaces are available Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., for groups of all levels (K-12), from public schools, private schools, or homeschoolers with a maximum of 30 participants per activity. These activities count towards Contacto Verde hours.
To coordinate, write to us at: [email protected]
Other activities
Last Wednesday, March 20, our aquatic waste manager, Cristina Ramírez, participated in the discussion, Geographers in conservation, as part of the Environmental Conservation course, GEOG 3585 of the Department of Geography of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Cristina shared her experiences as a geographer in the conservation area with Adriana Gonzalez, from Sierra Club Puerto Rico. We thank Professor Eliezer Nieves for extending this invitation.
Last Saturday, March 23, 50 volunteers planted around 1,500 specimens of coastal vegetation in Luquillo, together with the Coalition for the Ecological Corridor of the Northeast, EcoCulture and Reforesta. Thank you to all the participants, Rocky from the Pro-CEN Coalition, Mario García, Agnes Pagán and Andreína Alexatos, who led the event.
Support us with your refund
By making your individual contribution in 2024, support the Estuary with the refund of your tax return. Look for the option “Contribution to the Special Fund for the San Juan Bay Estuary“, on line 1B of the “Refund” box. Read more, here.
Weekly water quality monitoring
Evaluation carried out on Thursday, March 28, 2024. We have a GREEN flag for the Condado Lagoon. We recommend avoiding the area that exceeded the Beach Action Value water quality parameter for enterococci of 70 CFU/100 ML. Remember to avoid the water during rain events. Have a good weekend.
