Once the community had made the final decision to host an eco-volunteer project we started to look for a way to fund some type of housing for the volunteers. And today that funding became a reality.
The Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF) out of the New England Aquarium, in Boston, has not only agreed to fund the costs of building some bush style bungalows but they have also agreed to pay the wages of 2 community turtle monitors for the full five month nesting season! This is a huge thing since we don't know when the eco-volunteers part of the project will get started. With this funding though it means the community can get the project underway and be into the swing of doing a really small scale survey by the time the volunteers arrive. Then with the additional manpower the survey can go into full swing.
If you want to see more information about the MCAF you can find it here http://www.neaq.org/scilearn/conservation/caf.html
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