It's been some time since we've posted to the CEDO blog. But with our new website going up in September, and lots going on at CEDO, we thought we'd get back to it.

CEDO is currently raising money to settle our land disputes under the "Secure CEDO's Property Rights" banner. We need to raise 250,000 dollars by March 2008 to keep our place by the sea. It's a great time to get involved with CEDO - once we have our land issues settled we'll move forward on facilities improvement and programs. Our ecotourism corridor, NaturArte will be ready set to take off!

Wet Feet Summer Camp

We're getting ready for our Wet Feet Summer Camp, and there is still time to sign up. Check out the details on our website.

CEDO is searching for talent!

We're accepting applications for the next Field Education Intern. We are looking for someone who is an enthusiastic teacher, both flexible and organized, and ready to interact with lots of different people. Interns have a lot of fun, I must say, living at the field station, hosting groups, leading tidepool tours, giving public talks, and spending time with CEDO's terrific staff. If you are interested check our website (www.cedointercultural.org) for details.

We're moving!

We've finally figured out the root cause of our many recurring problems with the web site. The short story - we're switching to a new host. Once the domain transfer is done (within the next few days) we'll be back online with lots of new updates, including the new CEDO-cam!

April In Action

Photo: Field Education Intern Dennis with a sea hare.

Research and education in the estuaries and the inter-tidal zone of the upper Gulf of California continues as warm spring temperature embrace the region. Oyster Catchers and the protected Least Terns are nesting in Estero Morua and strong winds brought the carcass of a whale to Playa Miramar.

The warm water has led many invertebrates to reproduce, like the California Sea Hares which can be seen during low tides around their pink spaghetti egg masses. Snails can also be seen laying eggs on the underside of basalt boulders.

Naturalists Marilyn Malone and Betty Hupp have been regulars on CEDO tidepool tours and are going to publish a field guide that focuses on the inter-tidal organisms of Puerto Peñasco.

Students from a teachers’ college in Mexicali spent two days engaging in environmental education activities and local high school students stopped by to get ideas for CEDO’s water conservation contest.

Need a boat?

BOAT FOR SALE - 1976 Wellcraft 24’ Airslot Cabin Cruiser

Motor: 1989 2-stroke (6cycl) 225 HP Evinrude. Electronics: Lowrance GlobalNav 310 GPS & Uniden MC 1010 Marine Radio. New pump kit, control box, speedometer, tachometer & voltmeter, water pressure, trim & fuel gauges, switches, etc.
If interested, call CEDO at 520-829-4501, in Rocky Point: 382-0115 or e-mail: dan@cedointercultural.org.

Updates to Summer/Fall Eco-Tours

Hello! We've got a couple changes to the upcoming eco-tours. The date of the Sept 17 tidepool trip has been moved to Sept 9th, 8-10am. The times of the June 10 Estero trip has been changed to 9:00-11:00am

We've just finished getting our webcam put together and will have it online this week!