YOU HAVE SOME NEW NEIGHBORS!! GET TO KNOW THEM AND PROTECT THEM.
The Peregrine Fund is monitoring individual Ridgway’s Hawks in Cap Cana as part of their conservation program for this species. The Ridgway’s Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is a medium-sized bird of prey that is endemic to the island of Hispaniola. Once found throughout Haiti and Dominican Republic, today, the only known remnant population is in Los… Continue Reading
SPREAD YOUR WINGS FOR BIRD CONSERVATION
International Migratory Bird Day International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) celebrates and brings attention to bird migration, one of the most important and spectacular events in the Americas. IMBD began in 1993 and is now hosted at more than 600 sites from Canada to Argentina. Environment for the Americas, with the collaboration of international sponsors and… Continue Reading
THE HISTORY OF EARTH DAY
Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The height of counterculture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” War raged in Vietnam and students nationwide overwhelmingly opposed it. At… Continue Reading
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES OF CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING
Fishing is a recreational activity that whole family can enjoy. However, fish populations must be preserved and the environment in which they live protected in order to ensure that future generations can also enjoy fishing. Catch and release is a method that Marina Cap Cana in conjunction with the Billfish Foundation promote to protect the environment… Continue Reading
RIDGWAY’S HAWK NESTING SEASON
Cap Cana is honored to be the home of a Ridway’s Hawk couple , which have lived and nested in our community for the past 3 years. Ridgway’s hawk (Buteo ridgwayi) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, native to the island of Hispaniola. Despite its common name, this bird is a Buteo buzzard and not a true Accipiter hawk. It was named after the… Continue Reading
SAY NO TO LOBSTER, SUPPORT THE BAN
From the 1st. of March to the 30th of June the capture and marketing of spiny lobster species , Caribbean spiny (Panulirusargus), spotted spiny (Panulirusguttatus), slipper lobster (Scyllaridesaequinoctialis) and Spanish slipper lobster (Parribacusantarcticus) is banned throughout the Dominican Republic’s territory (Decree 119-12 of Law 307-04, issued by President Leonel Fernandez on March 16, 2012). Violating this provision… Continue Reading
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