While visiting South Padre Island on my recent trip to Texas with my Dad, we visited Sea Turtle Inc, a sea turtle rescue and education center. Their mission is “to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured sea turtles, educate the public, and assist with conservation efforts for all marine turtle species”. What started as visit…
Tijuca National Park is one of the world’s largest urban forests at 39.5 square kilometers. To compare, Vancouver’s Stanley Park is just over 4km2 and New York’s Central Park is 3.4km2. The forest makes up 3.5% of the cities area and contains 42 km of roads and 30 of trails. The park bisects the city…
Hello, my name is Duane Nicol and this is my website. Let me take a moment to introduce myself. I am currently the Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Selkirk in Manitoba. Prior to this I was a City Councillor in Selkirk for almost 12 years. I was first elected at the age of…