6/13/13 — NOAA $1 million grant aids purchase of critical coastal habitat in Puerto Rico (National Ocean Service)

(Source: National Ocean Service) NOAA $1 million grant aids purchase of critical coastal habitat in Puerto Rico Acquisition expands protected land in Reserva Natural Corredor Ecologico del Noreste June 13, 2013 NOAA's Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program helped acquire more than 87 acres of critical coastal habitat in Puerto Rico, that will serve to protect a wetlands, mangroves and beaches that are are also nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles. (Credit: USFWS) A NOAA grant of $1 million has helped the territory of Puerto Rico complete the acquisition of Dos Mares, an 87-acre parcel that includes...