Volunteer Efforts Pay Off For Sea Turtles

Earthwatch volunteers who joined the Black Sea Turtles of Baja expeditions in the late 90s can look back at all those long days of hauling uncooperative sea turtles aboard small boats to weigh and tag them and know that it was worth it. Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced on June 6 that Bahia de los Angeles, a bay that is home to whale sharks, fin whales, California sea lions, and five species of sea turtles, is now designated a protected area and biosphere reserve. Earthwatch PI Dr. "J" Nichols calls this "a long-awaited conservation success that many in the sea turtle community and many hundreds of Earthwatch volunteers contributed to."...