Life’s a Beach

Thanks to the many individuals and businesses helping to clean up our beaches! Everyone can help our trash problem by recycling in their households. Put clean, dry recyclables in clear bags at the curb on Tuesday evening for pickup early Wednesday. Or drop them off at the Recycling Center free of charge. Do NOT bring

As the high season progresses, let’s continue to show visitors how we keep our beaches attractive and pristine. We are all part of the effort. Here are some ways you can help every day. BarriGuiones reminds you to carry a large bottle of water with you en route to watch the sunset, so you can

Vanessa Bezy, TortuGuiones Director, writes: TortuGuiones is now offering private volunteer information sessions for a $30 per person donation to the project. In the session, which lasts from 30 minutes to an hour, you’ll find out about sea turtle biology, the Ostional Wildlife Refuge, and TortuGuiones’ turtle conservation project. You’ll learn how to identify sea

This month we turn our attention to the ways you can personally nurture our natural surroundings. TortuGuiones Director Vanessa Bezy lists the top five things you can do to save the sea turtles in 2017: Did you know that sea turtles nest at Playa Pelada and Playa Guiones? Did you know these beaches are protected

We cherish Nosara as a unique environment with pristine beaches, plentiful green space, and beautiful rivers. Tourists continue to discover this enchanting spot, businesses to accommodate them continue to follow, and for the moment everyone prospers. New hotels, houses, and restaurants appear every season. But concerns about the relationship of burgeoning, seemingly unlimited development crop

This month we widen our focus to consider what’s happening with turtles and trees on other Costa Rican beaches. News from TortuGuiones and BarriGuiones will be back next month. Leatherback Turtle. Photo by Steve Garvie The Leatherback Trust is an international non-profit conservation organization that protects leatherback turtles and other sea turtle species from extinction.

TortuGuiones and Costa Verdes (BarriGuiones’ parent organization) have been providing input for the new management plan under revision for the Ostional Wildlife Refuge. They teamed up with the Nosara Civic Association and Bandera Azul Nosara in a Biological Corridor Committee to submit a formal letter providing comments and suggestions for consideration. This letter includes new

Even though the beaches look empty this time of year, turtles continue to nest and trees continue to grow. TortuGuiones and BarriGuiones take advantage of this quieter time to prepare for high season. In September, new signs appeared at the main beach entrances of Guiones. These signs, sponsored by TortuGuiones and the Nosara Civic Association,

August may be a slow season in Nosara, but the turtles and the trees don’t know that! Volunteers Nosara residents and visitors continue to report sightings of nests, hatchlings, and nesting females on Playa Guiones this month. Thank you for your help! Here’s where to file your report: www.tortuguiones.org TortuGuiones hosted another Global Leadership Adventures