CCC Costa Rica Programs & Projects http://www.cccturtle.org/ccc-costarica.htm
For over 40 years, CCC has conducted annual sea turtle nest monitoring studies on the 21 mile black sand beach of Tortuguero, Costa Rica, the nesting site of more endangered green turtles than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. Since being initiated by Dr. Archie Carr in the 1950s, this monitoring program has provided much information on the reproductive ecology and migratory habits of sea turtles. Researchers and volunteers, who are based at CCC's John H. Phipps Biological Field Station, continue to monitor nesting trends, growth rates and reproductive success. Through this over four-decade-long conservation initiative, CCC has reversed the decline of green turtles in the Caribbean. Not only does CCC carry out a variety of research initiatives in the region, it offers people around the world the opportunity to join CCC in Tortuguero as a Sea Turtle Research Participant in its leatherback or green turtle monitoring project! Each year, turtle- lovers like yourself migrate to this tropical paradise to participate in our hands-on research programs at the edge of the Costa Rican rainforest. Every year, leatherbacks, hawksbills and green turtles return to the land to complete the nesting ritual they have preformed for eons. You can be a part of CCC's efforts to conserve these ancient nomads by participating in a one or two week field program.
