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  • Life in the Cay

    In the Field, Partnerships, Science, marine | (0)

    One thing that impresses me most about Conservation International is our work with hundreds of partner organizations around the globe. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit one of these partners, the Perry Institute for Marine Science, as a volunteer at their tropical research center on Lee Stocking Island, in the Bahamas' Exuma Cays. The island is as far away from the steel drum-lined ports of Nassau or Freeport as you can get. From CI's headquarters in Arlington, VA, I took three flights (including a 19-seater plane with no bathroom), an airport taxi, and finally, an open boat across a channel to ...