Monthly Archives: October 2010

The Center for Watershed Protection spent a week(September 20 – September 24) in Guánica and La Parguera doing a water quality assessment of outfalls, small catchments and nearshore coastal areas looking for hotspots for nutrients and bacteria and other indicators … Continue reading →

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently awarded seven U. S. Coral Reef Task Force Partnership Initiative grants to organizations for work in the Guánica watershed. The Guánica Bay/Rio Loco Watershed is approximately 151 square miles and traverses the … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, November 3rd, from 3-4:30 pm eastern, Bill Fisher and John Carriger (EPA’s Of-fice of Research and Development) will present a webinar to describe progress for advancing the Guánica Bay Watershed Management Plan. They will briefly review the plan … Continue reading →

Marine debris is any man-made object discarded, disposed of, or abandoned that enters the coastal or marine environment. It may enter directly from a ship, or indirectly when washed out to sea via rivers, streams and storm drains. Marine debris … Continue reading →

Greg Morris Engineering (GME) is in the field collecting data for a detailed survey of the Lajas Valley. The survey will serve as the basis for hydrologic and flood modeling, potential salinity impact determinations, and ultimately for Guánica lagoon restoration … Continue reading →

The Guánica Bay/Rio Loco watershed is located in the southwestern corner of Puerto Rico, approximately 20 miles west of the city of Ponce and 100 miles southwest of San Juan. Due to human alteration, the watershed is approximately 151 square … Continue reading →

Annotated Bibliography Final 11.16.05. This report is an annotated bibliography of scientific publi-cations, university publications, technical reports, conference proceedings, and gray literature related to studies and observations of the condition of the coral reefs and coralline communities around Puerto Rico. … Continue reading →

The U.S. EPA and Caribbean Coral Reef Institute hosted a Coral Reef and Coastal Ecosystems Decision Support Workshop on April 27-28, 2010 at the Caribbean Coral Reef Institute in La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Forty-three participants, including representatives from federal and … Continue reading →

As part of its contribution to the Guánica Bay Watershed Project, the U.S. EPA will assess coral reef condition in southern Puerto Rico from Nov 27-Dec 15, 2010. Among the objectives for the survey are 1) identify coral reef indicators … Continue reading →

Roberto Viqueira, the Guánica Coordinator, and Louis Meyer, local farming leader, are busy meeting with communities and large property owners in the historic Guánica lagoon area, including El Fuig, Guánica and Yauco jurisdictions. The communities and property owners have offered … Continue reading →