SEEtheWILD Hatches New Turtle Conservation Tours to Nicaragua and El Salvador SEEtheWILD is announcing two new destinations for

sea turtle conservation tours: El Salvador and Nicaragua. To celebrate, SEEtheWILD is offering a Nicaragua tur tle sweepstakes and a tour with explorer Fabien Cousteau. Beaverton, OR, USA, June 14, 2011 -- After a successful first three years, SEEth eWILD is expanding its wildlife conservation travel offerings to include importa nt new sea turtle conservation sites in Nicaragua and El Salvador. To celebrate this expansion, the non-profit conservation trip planning organization is offeri ng travelers a chance to win a free sea turtle tour to Nicaragua. Nicaragua is home to major nesting beaches for three species of turtles, includi ng the La Flor Wildlife Refuge, one of the few beaches in the world where thousa nds of olive ridley turtles nest at one time. SEEtheWILD is working with leading ecotourism operators Wildland Adventures, Reefs to Rockies, and the Mesoamerica n Ecotourism Alliance to offer wildlife adventures to this Central American para dise that benefit the turtle conservation efforts of Paso Pacifico. New subscrib ers to SEEtheWILD s monthly e-newsletter will be entered to win our Nicaragua Wildli fe Sweepstakes in 2012. El Salvador has made great strides over the past two years in protecting its sea turtles. Turtle researchers recently discovered that Jiquilisco Bay is one of t he most important nesting areas for the world s most endangered turtle population, t he Eastern Pacific Hawksbill. SEE Turtles and the Mesoamerican Ecotourism Allian ce are offering an El Salvador Sea Turtle Adventure led by ocean explorer Fabien Cousteau. This tour will raise money for Cousteau s new organization, Plant A Fish, to support local hawksbill conservation efforts. About SEEtheWILD SEEtheWILD is a non-profit conservation tourism project that connects people wit h community-based wildlife conservation projects. Going beyond the ecotourism ma ntra of "leave only footprints," SEEtheWILD suggests that tourists can make a po sitive impact by engaging in conservation tourism initiatives. To date, the proj ect has generated $250,000 for conservation and local communities and covered mo re than 1,000 volunteer shifts. SEEtheWILD is an Ocean Foundation project. Contact : Brad Nahill Co-Founder & Director SEEtheWILD 7227 SW Linette Way Beaverton OR 97007 503-395-7360 brad@seeturtles.org http://www.SEEtheWILD.org