Nature Fund for Costa Rica

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Estamos estrenando este increíble mural pintado por nuestra amiga Emily Muralist 😍 ¡Gracias por apoyarnos con tu arte!

Feliz Año Nuevo Costa Rica!🇨🇷

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Queremos expresar nuestro sincero agradecimiento por su generoso apoyo a la Fundación Corcovado. Su dedicación a nuestra causa ha sido fundamental para el avance de nuestros programas de educación ambiental e iniciativas de desarrollo comunitario. 🌿

Deseamos que en esta época encuentre tiempo para disfrutar con su familia, relajarse y abrazar el espíritu de navideño. 🌟

Puede leer nuestro boletín de fin de año aquí https://mailchi.mp/a0c5f6a1deef/juntos-alcanzamos-grandes-logros?e=395fa5b3e0

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A tan solo pasos de las habitaciones, se encuentra este río de aguas cristalinas 🫧 Si estás buscando una escapada para relajarte, ¡visitanos! Estamos en Bahía Drake, una de las puertas de entrada al Parque Nacional Corcovado 🌱🐆

Today on Earth Day — with over 1 billion people in over 200 countries — we honor the achievements of the environmental movement and raise awareness of the need to protect Earths natural resources for future generations.

The Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica is home to a staggering 370 species of bird, 140 species of mammals and thousands of insect species, with more still waiting to be discovered. It’s one of the few national parks in Costa Rica with all four of the country’s primate species. The Corcovado Foundation works tirelessly to protect this beautiful slice of heaven! 🇨🇷

We celebrated National Pet Day this week and the newest member of the NFCR family, Mac, was featured with his favorite toy! His nickname is Monster Mac!

Happy Easter 🐣🐇 Enjoy this beautiful day with family and friends!

Whew! It has been a whirlwind leading up to my first 21 days serving DeKalb County as a new commissioner.

I’m excited to kick off my first term as District 2 Commissioner for the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners. My inauguration and birthday celebration is Wednesday Jan 18 from 5-7 pm (location TBD). Hope you can join us!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Post 6

To start off 2023, we will end the story of our working retreat in Costa Rica. Our last post was about our first day at Punta Mala National Wildlife Refuge where we worked with Refuge staff to release olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings back into the ocean. When we were done releasing them, we talked to the people who manage the Refuge and monitor the nesting sites along the coast. They explained how sea turtle nesting has been affected by rising sea levels. In the last few years the high tide line has been moving further and further inland, this reduces the amount of sand available for turtles to nest.

Next morning when on our way to the beach, we saw the effect of this situation first hand. Right next to the Refuge’s installations (about 100 feet inland, on solid ground), we found an adult sea turtle trying to make her way back to the ocean. A few feet from her, exposed and in a ditch with water running over them, we saw the clutch of eggs she had unsuccessfully tried to bury. During the previous night's high tide she was unable to find sand to dig her nest and was forced to lay her eggs in an exposed ditch. Our emotional reaction to this situation was one of sadness, but we also found resolve and inspiration to keep working for nature conservation in Costa Rica.

Thank you for following this six part piece telling the story of our week long adventure. If you would like to learn more about what we do, follow this link and support our ongoing work through a donation: https://www.thenaturefundforcostarica.org

Photos 1: An exhausted mother who could not find a proper place to lay her eggs.
Photo 2: The sad sight of an exposed and unsuccessful clutch of sea turtle eggs. This time her enormous effort was not fruitful, but at least she provided land animals with a source of rich nutrients.
Photo 3: Helping this tired sea turtle find her way back to the ocean. Hopefully her next nesting event will be a success.