How You Can Help the Leatherback Trust

OTHER WAYS TO HELP...

DO NOT:
• drive or walk on the beach above the high tide line- this crushes eggs and hatchlings in the nest!
• walk on the beach at night- this scares turtles away
• walk/stand in front of turtle
• plant anything on the beach or dunes
• use lights on the beach
• use flash photography or video around a turtle
• buy products made from turtles

DO:
• speak very softly if near a turtle
• use red lights instead of white on the exterior of your house if it is visible from the beach
• tell a park official if you see any practices that may be harmful to turtles
• appreciate this fascinating animal
• share your knowledge of leatherbacks with others

HOW YOU CAN HELP...

It costs about $100,000 a year to save the turtles, their eggs and hatchlings at Las Baulas. Another $300,000 is needed to construct a conservation station there. A local landowner has already pledged the land for the station. Another $100,000 a year would allow us to move on to save other beaches in Mexico and the Caribbean. With $50,000 more we would educate decision-makers in the U.S., Costa Rica and in other countries. To generate the funds needed to carry out this critical work and the $300,000 to build the conservation station we are seeking to raise $5,000,000 for an endowment to ensure continuation of this effort. The most pressing need is to raise another $5,000,000 to buy the land behind the beach at Playa Grande, Costa Rica in Parque Marino Las Baulas to protect it from development.

Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to the Leatherback Trust...

Option 1: Make an online contribution using PayPal - it's a secure, fast, and free service.

Option 2: Send a contribution by mail. Print out and complete the Contribution Form and mail your donation to the Leatherback Trust...

CONTRIBUTION FORM

The Leatherback Trust
161 Merion Avenue
Haddonfield, NJ 08033

All donations are greatly appreciated. Below are listed just some of the ways your money helps the leatherback turtle...

$1	saves a leatherback turtle egg
$50	saves an entire nest of turtle eggs
$125	pays for the food of a research assistant for a week
$500	protects the beach at Playa Grande for a day
$1,500	pays for microbus transport of the field team for a month
$3,000	pays for a satellite transmitter to track a female leatherback after she leaves the nesting beach
$5,000	pays for the college level training of a Costa Rican sea turtle student in the United States for 6 months
$50,000	buys a lot to prevent a house from being built on the beach
$250,000	buys 5 acres of land behind the nesting beach
$5,000,000	will buy all the land behind Playa Grande and protect the beach for all generations of sea turtles to come

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The Leatherback Trust, Inc. is a non-profit corporation, registered in New Jersey #CH1906700. All contributions to The Leatherback Trust, Inc. are 100% tax-deductible.