Each year, many dedicated volunteers join our researchers at Cabuyal beach, Costa Rica to assist with the monitoring and protection of endangered sea turtles. Cabuyal, a beautiful secluded beach close to Liberia, is home to three species of sea turtles (greens, leatherbacks and olive ridleys). It is situated south to Santa Rosa National Park, and is surrounded by tropical dry forest and mangroves. The Leatherback Trust started a long-term sea turtle monitoring and protection program here in 2011 under the supervision of our Science Director, Dr. Pilar Santidrián Tomillo. Volunteers working at Cabuyal conduct nightly patrols in search of nesting turtles. They assist with data collection and measuring nesting turtles. When turtles nest below the high-tide line, volunteers help relocating

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