Hawken, James 1975 Journal Green Turtle Station, sea level, Tortuguero, Limón Province, Costa Rica 23 July Beach this year. The village formerly allowed three turtles/week, but both people from Tortuguero and neighboring villages not on the coast (e.g. on the nearby Rio Suerte) are taking additional turtles. Also great numbers of nests are being destroyed or robbed either by people or the great numbers of dogs in the village. This is of such magnitude that it seems plausible that little, if any, of the nests below mile 5 are seen left undisturbed until hatching. However, today we received word that six guards will be arriving Saturday to patrol the beach; hopefully, they will do something positive. As we have next to no money to buy food we have been left to our own devices to secure food. Today we went fishing at the Bogues and I actually caught two fish, one jack and one snook. 28 July For the most part the good weather has continued up to the present. There have been some overcast skies and showers in the last couple days, but this combo continues to be a very dry rainy season. After waiting for many days