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Wildlife Travels I love wildlife and often travel to visit inspiring conservation programs.

Trip: Seeing and protecting wild animals around the world

There are [10] stories from my trip: Seeing and protecting wild animals around the world


Exploring Nicaragua's Southern Pacific Coast

NICARAGUA | Monday, 15 Oct 2012 | Views [649]

I’ve spent a fair amount of time hiking in the jungle but almost never at night and definitely never at this pace. Four of us were moving quickly through the rainforest, hurrying to the sea turtle nesting beach at the end of the trail, in the hopes ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, ecotourism, nicaragua, reforestation, san juan del sur, sea turtles, wildlife conservation


Photos: South Pacific Nicaragua

NICARAGUA | Monday, 15 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery

Touring the Paso del Istmo with Paso Pacifico
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Tags: beaches, ecotourism, monkeys, nicaragua, rainforest, reforestation, sea turtles


The Last Refuge

NICARAGUA | Saturday, 13 Oct 2012 | Views [176]

  A wide beach on a warm clear evening may be the most relaxing setting on earth. We weren’t likely to come across any nesting turtles on this beautiful evening in the far northwest corner of  Nicaragua  (the tides weren’... Read more >

Tags: beaches, conservation, ecotourism, hawksbill, nicaragua, sea turtles, volunteer, wildlife


Photos: Padre Ramos Estuary

NICARAGUA | Saturday, 13 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery

A visit to a hawksbill turtle project in Northwestern Nicaragua
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Tags: conservation, ecotourism, nicaragua, sea turtles, volunteer, wildlife


Bay of Turtles: Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador

EL SALVADOR | Thursday, 11 Oct 2012 | Views [226]

To arrive to a new place in the dark is like tasting a new food with a blindfold on. You can feel the edges, but a full color appreciation isn’t possible until daylight arrives. Night time in the small town of La Pirraya on an island in Jiquilisco ... Read more >

Tags: ecotourism, el salvador, hawksbill, sea turtles, volunteering, wildlife conservation


Photos: Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador

EL SALVADOR | Thursday, 11 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery

Visiting the hawksbill sea turtle conservation project run by ICAPO
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Toluca's Turtles

EL SALVADOR | Tuesday, 9 Oct 2012 | Views [220]

“Possessing, selling, and consuming sea turtles is illegal in El Salvador ,” states Enriqueta Ramirez in Spanish. “We are not interested in buying turtle eggs from you; we want to collaborate with you to protect sea turtles.”... Read more >

Tags: ecotourism, el salvador, sea turtles, volunteering, wildlife conservation


Big Season at Las Tortugas (Part 1)

USA | Thursday, 4 Oct 2012 | Views [128]

One of my favorite parts of my job running SEEtheWILD is the opportunity to bring a group of Portland, Oregon residents to participate in a volunteer vacation every spring with the leatherback sea turtles . As our group arrived to our hotel the first ... Read more >

Tags: ecotourism, leatherback sea turtles, nesting beaches, volunteer vacation, wildlife conservation


Monterey Bay, Sea Otters, and… Rob Lowe?

USA | Sunday, 30 Sep 2012 | Views [150]

Who would you rather see while kayaking - a movie star or a cuddly marine mammal? I had the opportunity to do both just a short drive from San Francisco in August of 2010. Monterey California is in some ways a model for how wildlife-based ... Read more >

Tags: kayaking, monterey bay, sea otters, wildlife


Meeting The Most Endangered Turtles

EL SALVADOR | Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | Views [214]

Summer in Portland, Oregon is wonderful. Warm sunny days blend gradually into crisp nights even at the height of summer, a perfect climate to explore the Columbia Gorge, Mt. Hood, and the Oregon Coast. So why did I give up two weeks of my hometown’s ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, conservation, el salvador, hawksbill, nicaragua, sea turtles, wildlife