Tag: Salinas

  • Orlando Rivera-Alejandro, Wetland Destruction, Puerto Rico 2020

    Orlando Rivera-Alejandro, Wetland Destruction, Puerto Rico 2020

    ⏱ 3 min read A Puerto Rico man’s greed has left a toxic legacy in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Orlando Rivera-Alejandro, a Salinas resident, has admitted to dumping concrete and other fill material in the protected wetlands, home to endangered species like the brown pelican and West Indian manatee. Between January 2020…