Save the Sea Turtles

Thanks to your support, over the past 3 months 965 turtle hatchlings ahve been released at three beaches in Nicaragua. All were raised at our nursery at Coco Beach, though the majority of nests were protected by our community rangers at the remote Brasilon beach. They are moved to keep the nests safe from poachers. The majority of the species protected were Galapagos Green Turtles, though some were Olive-Ridley Turtles.

We have started to invite the public to participate in the turtle releases and this gives us an opportunity to educate the public about good-stewardship practices. This includes keeping lights dimmed on the beaches at night, keeping dogs and vehicles off the beaches.

Your support also helped us to improve the beach nesting habitat through trash removal. We conducted a beach clean-up with the help of 6 adults, 19 college students and 9 children. They removed an estimated 140 pounds of trash from these beaches.

Finally, ten youth who are part of our mentorship program have been helping the women rangers at the turtle nursery to monitor nests. They are learning valuable skills that could provide job opportunities in conservation and tourism.

Good news! This year the number of sea turtles on the Pacific coast of Central America began to rebound from a sharp decline in 2024. With your support, in the first half of 2025 we saved 3,400 Galapagos green turtles in Nicaragua. Thank you!

At the present moment in Nicaragua, our rangers are monitoring 7 turtle nests that they protected (5 Galapagos gren turtle nests and 2 Olive-Ridley nests). Thank you for helping our rangers to spend long nights on the remote Brasilon Beach. 

This is just one place where we are helping protect sea turles. We also work in El Salvador, and Costa Rica. The recent establishment of a World Surfing Reserve in El Salvador, made possible by collaboration with several partners,will help keep a huge area of coastal forest free from over-development and will therefore help kep beaches and coastal waters where turtles begin their lives, free from trash and pollutants. A river barrier in another part of El Salvador prevented over 2,600 lbs of trash from reaching the coast last year alone. 

We neen your ongoing donations to continue supporting this work. Turtles remain threatened by non-sustainable fishing methods, ship strikes, plastic pollution, poaching of eggs, changing climate and destruction of their habitats. Every nest you help protect, and every beach kept clear of pollution, is one more sea turtle saved.

Thank you for your support.