Aguila de Osa Inn Is Excited to Announce the Beginning of the 2013 Oliver Ridely Sea Turtle Nesting Season
Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula (PRWEB) July 31, 2013 -- The activities of the Corcovado Foundation Sea Turtle Conservation Program have reached a new peak of activity as both the communities of Drake Bay and international volunteers and donations begin to enhance the goal of bringing locally nesting marine turtles back from the brink.
"We take our ecology very seriously and are willing to act to protect it," explained Bradd Johnson, the Boston native and owner of Aguila de Osa Inn. "The willing participation of Drake Bay communities and international volunteers has made this project a great and growing success," the hotel owner added.
Mr. Johnson has been a resident of Drake Bay for 23 years and has become fully immersed in the activities of his community supporting the local health clinic and school. He has thrown the full weight of the influence of his Drake Bay hotel behind the sea turtle preservation project and serves as a member of the board of directors of the Corcovado Foundation – a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the natural habitats within this area that National Geographic once described as the “most biologically intense location on the planet.”
His hotel works directly with both the Corcovado Foundation and the Drake Bay Development Association to aid in implementing the multifaceted marine turtle recovery program.
"Without the serious involvement of the local citizens this marine turtle program would have no chance of success," said the ecologically minded hotel owner. For that reason those involved have acted to enhance positive relationships with the local communities, making the turtle a recognizable part of the area's culture.
As is always the case, education is a cornerstone of focusing the public's attention on solutions to pressing problems. This sea turtle protection program embraces the environmental education of local children in the towns of Drake Bay, El Progreso, and Los Angeles. They are taught the significance of defending and maintaining the environment for the coming generations. The topics of endangered species, recycling, resource conservation, and working with international volunteers to help clean up local beaches are included in school curriculum.
July is the start of the Oliver Ridley Sea Turtle nesting season and just a few early nesters have shown up so far. The Corcovado Foundation works tirelessly to help preserve these endangered turtles. They have constructed a hatchery that is capable of holding 120 nests and volunteers are now doing night patrols watching for incoming turtles, potential poachers and cleaning up trash that shows up on the Drake Bay beaches.
Other activities the volunteers are involved in this year are the development of a new hydroponic vegetable garden to make the camp more sustainable. They are also building a new recycling center to deal with the influx of reusable or recyclable materials.
The foundations turtle project is always in need of volunteers and donations. If you don't have the time to volunteer then at least come down and lend your moral support to the volunteers and get a little R & R at one of the most ecological hotels in Costa Rica.
While the environmentally minded are on the Osa Peninsula, they should take advantage of the more than 350 species of birds that abound around the Aguila de Osa Inn by hooking up with its birding tour.
Sustainable hospitality is at the very core of Greentique Hotels - the brand behind Aguila de Osa Inn. With locations including Manuel Antonio, Los Angeles Cloud Forest in San Ramon, Tamarindo and of course Drake Bay, the Greentique Hotels brand continues to lead the way in sustainable tourism in Costa Rica.
At Aguila de Osa Inn, both recycling and composting are essential activities that keep this Inn's practices sustainable. All recyclables are collected from specially provided containers located in each room of the Inn. These materials are given to the local schools. The money generated from the reclamation of these resources is used to repair and improve the school buildings.
A certain amount of compostable food waste that is collected from the inn's operations is tuned into rich organic soil used on the inn's vegetable garden that provides fresh organic produce for hotel guests. There are four pigs that reside on the hotel's grounds that help feed their “biodigester” that produces methane.
In 2004 Aguila de Osa Inn became a member of the group Green Hotels of Costa Rica that later became Greentique Hotels. This group of hotels is committed to the protection of the environment and the advancement of sustainable tourism. Interaction with nature is an important part of the activities at Aguila de Osa Inn. The expansion of ecologically friendly approaches to hotel operations will mark future activity on the part of Aguila de Osa Inn.
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About Aguila de Osa Inn
Established in 1992, Aguila de Osa quickly became known as the premier eco-lodge in Costa Rica. Nestled along the Pacific Rim above Drake Bay, Aguila de Osa is ideally located next to the world renown Corcovado National Park. Heavily focused on sustainable tourism, Aguila de Osa is a proud member of Greentique Hotels - an environmentally conscious hotel brand with an emphasis on providing a low carbon "eco-friendly" Costa Rica vacation.
For more on Greentique visit their website at http://www.greentiquehotels.com and for more information on Aguila de Osa, visit their web site at http://www.aguiladeosa.com.
Don Halbert, Greentique Hotels S.A., http://www.greentiquehotels.com, 506.8871.4540, [email protected]
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