WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
BECOME A BICA MEMBER!
By joining BICA and becoming an active member here and abroad. Membership fees are important as they cover operational expenses and priority programs.
There are many ways that our volunteers can help!
--Write and/or design press releases, materials for our
community outreach program. Our parrot Coloring Book and
Turtle Project Book were all done by wonderful volunteers.
--If you are here during the rainy season, you can help us
monitor the flow of sediment in our creeks during rainy
season. Qualitative surveys are implemented to identify
critical areas (creeks) sedimenting our coastal areas
specifically in the marine reserve (Sandy Bay, West End and
West Bay). Considering the amount of development activities
that have taken place on the entire islands we are hoping
to extend this survey to other communities for which we are
in dire need of volunteers, donations, transportation and
hire needed staff.
--"Adopt" a program of your choice - turtle monitoring,
beach cleanup, or school outreach.
--Hold a fundraiser for BICA. Funds are desperately needed
to implement our educational, environmental protection, and
monitoring programs.
--BECOME AN ENVIRONMENTAL "PIONEER" ON ROATAN! OUR SMALL
PERSONAL ACTIONS ADD UP TO BIG CHANGES.
Not everyone can volunteer to help. But If each of us will
do our part in our everyday lives, each small act can add
up to very powerful change.
Here are some stories our friends and visitors have told me
about the small actions they take that make a big
difference.
"John" saw a recycling bin in West End, so every morning
before he jogs he collects a sack of plastic bottles from
the ground and deposits them in the recycling bin. Now the
street on West End is just a little bit cleaner when John
is around!
"Mary", a frequent visitor to Roatan, takes all her used
batteries back to the states where they can be disposed of
properly.
"Gus" saw a cruise ship visitor standing on the reef and
told him about how destructive this was. The visitor was
shocked and promised to tell the other passengers what he
had learned. The reef is just a little bit safer because of
Gus.
"Gustavo" saw mangroves being cut as his touring boat drove
past a cove. He took some pictures and reported it to BICA.
A cease-and-desist order was entered and the beach is safer
because of it.
"Charles and Harriet" were on a snorkling trip and were
dismayed when the boat driver carelessly tossed the anchor
over the side. They asked him to please only use the
mooring bouys instead. When they were told there weren't
any in the area, they volunteered the $ __ to pay for one
in the future. Now everyone can enjoy the snorkling in that
area without anchors damaging the reef.