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Appendix A. Project Activities
Activity #1
Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 Location: Dewey University Workshop: The Water Cycle
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 16 participants
Activity #2
Date: Thursday, August 10, 2017 Location: Dewey University Workshop A: Organic Agriculture I
2 Workshop B:
Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Planted Trees: 14
Activity #3
Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Location: Dewey University Workshop: What is an estuary?
3 Date: Thursday, August 17, 2017
Location: Dewey University Workshop A: Organic Agriculture II
Speaker: Joel Sud, Agricultural Extension Service Adviser, RUM Attendance: 16 participants
Workshop B
Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Planted Trees: 15
4 Activity #5
Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 Location: Dewey University Workshop A: Water Quality Testing
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 13 participants
Workshop B: Water Quality Podcast: Report Guidelines
5 Date: Thursday, August 24, 2017
Location: Dewey University
Workshop: Vegetative Practices: Demonstration of Slope Stabilization
Speakers: Edwin Más, NRCS Specialist and Agro. Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Attendance: 17 participants
6 Activity #7
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 Location: Dewey University
Workshop: Chemical Contaminants
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 14 participants
Activity #8
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Speaker: “Shorebirds in the Caño Boquilla Wetland and the Mayagüez Seashore”
Speaker: Rafael Rodríguez-Mojica, MD, Ornithologist Attendance: 22 participants
7 Date: Thursday, August 31, 2017
Location: Dewey University
Workshop A: Vegetative Compost
Speaker: Reed Hepperly, Compost Specialist Attendance: 16 participants
Workshop B
8 Activity #10
Date: Saturday, September 2, 2017 Location: CBWS, Mayagüez
Workshop: “Global Shorebird Counting” - The Global Shorebird Count, held every year on the weekend nearest September 6, is one of the key events of World Shorebirds Day. The Count is intended to raise awareness of the importance of regular monitoring to protect bird populations and conserve their habitats.
Speaker: Rafael Rodríguez Mojica, MD, Ornithologist Attendance: 16 participants
Counted Bird Species: 32
9 Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Location: Dewey University
Workshop: Mangrove Forest
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 15 participants
Activity #12
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017 Location: Dewey University
Workshop A: Coral Reefs of Puerto Rico
10 Workshop B
Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Planted Trees: 13
Activity #13
Activity #13
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Location: Dewey University
Workshop: Meeting and a Reflexive Dialogue about the Rehabilitation of the CBWS after Hurricane Maria
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 17 participants
11 Date: Thursday, November 30, 2017
Location: Dewey University
Workshop: Field Trip to Caño Boquilla Wetland to find out and design a new action plan to
rehabilitate, reforest and monitor water quality after the impact of the Hurricane Maria
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 8 participants
Caño Boquilla before Hurricane María
(Photo courtesy and © by
Rafael Rodríguez-Mojica, MD)
Caño Boquilla after Hurricane María
(Photo courtesy and © by
12 Activity #15
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Location: Dewey University
Workshop: Water Quality
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 12 participants
Activity #16
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Location: Dewey University
Workshop: Water Quality
13 Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017
Location: Dewey University Workshop: Native Trees
Speaker: Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Attendance: 14 participants
Workshop B
Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Planted Trees: 99
Activity #18
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM
Workshop: Wetland Restoration
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 14 participants
Photo 2: Volunteers on their way to restore wetlands
14 Activity #19
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM Workshop: Trash Talks at Caño Boquilla, Mayaguez
15 Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM Workshop: Marine Turtles
Speaker: Biologist Milagros Justiniano, Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Attendance: 25 participants
16 Activity #21
Date: Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM
Workshop: Trash Talks at Caño Maní, Mayaguez
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPRM Attendance: 18 participants
Activity #22
Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM
Workshop: Know your Ocean
17 Date: Thursday, February 8, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM Workshop A: Forests of Puerto Rico
Speaker: Lisette Fas, Cafiesencia Attendance: 19 participants
Workshop B
Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Planted Trees: 100
18 Activity #24
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Location: CID (Research and Development Center), UPRM Workshop A: The Acid Test
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 25 participants
Workshop B: Water Quality Podcast: Introduction
19 Date: Thursday, February 15, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM Workshop A: Coastal Forests
Speaker: Julia Mignucci, PhD, “Mayagüezanos por la Salud y el Ambiente”
Attendance: 14 participants
Workshop B: Water Quality Podcast: Water Report Script
20 Workshop C
Joel Laboy, Project Agronomist Planted Trees: 111
Photo 5: Walking throughout the coastal area (CBWS)
Activity #26
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM Workshop A: Water Quality
Speaker: Gloriselle Negrón, MS-JD – Environmental Health Specialist, UPR Agricultural Extension Service Attendance: 27 participants
Workshop B: Water Quality Podcast: Speech Techniques
21 Date: Thursday, February 22, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM
Workshop A: Agroecology: A Home Garden Workshop
Speaker: Prof. Lilly Ortiz, Guama Comunidad Agroecoturística, Inc Attendance: 21 participants
Workshop B: Water QualityPodcast: Audio Recording Techniques
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Photo 6: Birdwatching during the “Global Shorebird Counting Day”
Activity #28
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM
Workshop A: Watersheds
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 21 participants
Photo 7: Water quality monitoring training at Caño Boquilla Wetland System
Workshop B: Water Quality Podcast: Educational Considerations
23 Date: Thursday, March 1st, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM
Workshop: Fishery Management
Speaker: Edgardo Ojeda, PhD, Fisheries Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 15 participants
Photo 8: Water quality monitoring session
Activity #30
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM
Workshop A: Caño Boquilla Wetland System
Speaker: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR Attendance: 22 participants
Workshop B: Water Quality Podcast: Interview Techniques
24 Activity #31
Date: Thursday, March 8, 2018
Location: Research and Development Center, UPRM Workshop A: Erosion and Sedimentation
Speakers: Ana Navarro, PhD-JD - Healthy Coastal Ecosystem Specialist, Sea Grant Program, UPR and Carmen González Toro, Environmental Specialist, UPR- Agricultural Extension Service
Attendance: 20 participants
Photo 9: Dra. Ana Navarro training volunteers on water quality methods
Workshop B: Water QualityPodcast: Guidelines to Include Comments and Opinions
Speaker: Eng. Enrique Vargas, Podcast creator
Activity #32
Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018
25 Date: Thursday, April 12, 2018
Location: Alfredo Dorrington School, Hormigueros Activity B: Agriculture and Environment Festival
1. Caño Boquilla Highlights Talk
2. Caño Boquilla Birds Presentation
3. Caño Boquilla Informative Booth
