Introduction

The 8th Annual Meeting of the Grupo Tortuguero will be held from January 27-29, 2006 in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. This meeting has grown from a small gathering of 45 Baja residents who wanted to save sea turtles in 1999, to the region's premiere grassroots conservation meeting. The meeting will highlight members of our monitoring stations from across the Baja California peninsula, the Gulf of California and internationally, who will present community reports and update us on the recovery status of sea turtles at historically high turtle mortality locations. There will be informational sessions and workshops available to all participants, as well as a number of separate workshops and activities for "Young Conservationists" at the 2nd Youth Meeting for the Conservation of Baja California's Sea Turtles. Attendees will include scientists, environmental educators, students, community members, children and youth, and others who want to bring turtles back to these waters by preventing their unnecessary killing for consumption or as "by-catch" in fishing gear.

Contact Information

This meeting is hosted by Pro Peninsula, the Grupo Tortuguero and Grupo Ecologista Antares, A.C.

Pro Peninsula
PO Box 7175
San Diego, CA 92167

In the U.S.:
Kama Dean
619-574-6643
kama@propeninsula.org

In Mexico:
Rodrigo Rangel
612-121-2800
52-612-120-3763
rodrigo@grupotortuguero.org

Sponsors

• Baja Books and Maps
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Journey Mexico
• Tony and Linda Kinninger
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Underwater Images
• Wildlife Trust
• Sabrina Lear
• www.bajainsider.com
• IX H. Ayuntamiento de Los Cabos, B.C.S.
• www.seaturtle.org
• Pro Peninsula
• Grupo Ecologista Antares
• Peter Marquez
• International Community Foundation
• Wildlife Trust
• BajaPhotos.com
• Ms. Frances A. Velay
• Fundacion Bahia de Loreto
• Animal Alliance
• California Academy of Sciences
• Barbara Andrews
• Gayle and John Dean
• Alan Harper
• Conservation International
• Hermosa Beach Sister City Association
• PROBEA
• Heather Glass
• Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council
• Carl Moczydlowsky
• Bertha Montano
• Wildcoast