June 2019
El Limón Lagoon
El Limón Lagoon is part of a system of lagoons on the coastal plain between the Cordillera Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. A short channel links this shallow lagoon to […]
Hispaniola
June 2017
Oviedo Lagoon
Jaragua National Park, located in the Dominican Republic’s extreme southwest, was established in 1983. There are very few park rangers, however, and virtually no patrolling of the park’s 593 square […]
June 2017
Montecristi Province
Montecristi Province, in the northwest Dominican Republic, is home to 15,000 acres of beautiful mangrove forests. Few tourists see them, however, because tourism is not nearly as developed as elsewhere […]
June 2017
Las Garitas
Samaná Bay features the largest concentration of mangroves in the the Dominican Republic. In the winter, many humpback whales calve in the bay. Seabirds and wading birds frequent the mangroves, […]
February 2015
Caracol Bay
Only two percent of Haiti is still forested. Trying to turn the tide after decades of deforestation, the government has banned construction, fishing, and hunting in all coastal mangrove forests. […]