Thanks to willing landowners, and the Trust’s European Union EDF9 grant supplemented by a grant to the Trust by Maples FS, a strategic land purchase for the Salina Reserve has just been completed.
Originally deeded to the National Trust by the Cayman Islands Government, the Salina Reserve has always had a less-than-ideal northern boundary, because of [...]

After the Wildlife Conservation Society’s vet team gave our 2-year-old Blues a clean bill of health, the second release to the new Colliers Wilderness Reserve was set to go. Doug Bell, our stalwart field volunteer for many years, led the team placing newly built release retreats, and scoping the ones from last year which were [...]

Just as we had hoped, this summer saw the first nesting of Blue Iguanas in the Grand Cayman’s new protected area, the Colliers Wilderness Reserve. Juanita, an adult female we released out there among the hundred-plus youngsters last year, became enamored of the big male Zarco, and evidently they must have mated this summer.
Then Juanita [...]

As reported by authorities recently in local media, a young international volunteer with the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme passed away suddenly last Friday, 3rd June.
Daniel Hamilton was 21 years old. He was pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Wildlife at Purdue University, Indiana. He spoke of a lifelong fascination with reptiles, and [...]

Tickets from Bon Vivant (Governors Square, Grand Cayman) or online at www.caymanislands.ky/cookout

(CNS): A charity wine, dinner and auction next week during Cayman Cookout will benefit the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme (BIRP) and a culinary school scholarship programme, which will help an aspiring Caymanian chef. Sponsored by the National Trust for the Cayman [...]