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Keep Loreto Magical
The ecological ordinance defines the goal, and the defense is science-driven and oriented in community-engagement. Loreto is a special town in a special place on an amazing body of water, the Gulf …
An Oasis of Science
On the edge of a far-flung lagoon in Baja California Sur, surrounded by a landscape of low-lying succulents, expansive salt flats, and towering cardón cacti that appear on the horizon …
Keeping Loreto Magical
Established more than 300 years ago, the municipality of Loreto sits between the foothills of the Sierra La Giganta Mountains and the shores of the Loreto Bay National Marine Park …
Keep Loreto Magical
Greetings from Loreto International Airport where I am waiting to catch my plane back to LAX after a very busy week. It is always nice to be back in …
Gray Whale Research in Mexico
Our Gray Whale monitoring and research programs in Baja California Sur are supported by grants and gifts from non-government, non-profit organizations, and from individuals like you. Supporters share our commitment to …
Seagrass Research at Laguna San Ignacio Receives Recognition
Dr. Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez announced last week that all of the marine seagrass species will receive formal recognition for conservation in Mexico from the Comisión Nacional Para El Conocimento y Uso …
Todos Santos: Conserving and Changing
Mark Spalding Greetings from sunny Todos Santos, the second largest town in the municipality of La Paz, which was founded in 1724. Today it is a small community that plays …
TOF funded report finds site of mega-development project in Mexico is a biodiversity hotspot
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside have published a report on the terrestrial biodiversity of the Cabo Pulmo region that shows the project is situated in an area of …
Gray Whales Saved Off Baja California
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation This blog originally appeared on National Geographic’s Oceans Views. It’s gray whale migration season on the west coast of North America. Gray …
One Turtle Saved
by Wallace ‘J.’ Nichols, Ph.D., Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences; Director, LiVEBLUE a project of The Ocean Foundation INSERT IMAGE HERE J. Nichols (L) and Julio Solis (R) with rescued male hawksbill …
Cabo Pulmo Saved!
by Catharine Cooper INSERT STINGRAY IMAGE HERE In an unprecedented move, Mexican President Felipe Calderón withdrew the development permit for the 9,400 acre development of Cabo Cortez on the southern …
Whale-Sized Acts of Ocean Kindness
by Dr. Steven Swartz, Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Program — a project of The Ocean Foundation Dr. Steven Swartz returned from a successful winter gray whale research season in …
