Blue Iguana Species Recovery Plan III

Fred Burton, Director, June 18, 2009
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IRCF Journal- Tales of a Blue Dragon Tracker

Travelogue: Tales of a Blue Dragon Tracker: Grand Cayman Blue Iguana, Fieldwork. By Craig Pelke
IRCF Journal, Volume 15 Number 2, June, 2008

IRCF Journal- Blues of May 2008

The Seven Blues of May, By John Binns
IRCF Journal, Volume 15 Number 2, June 2008
A heart wrenching account of Sunday May 4, 2008 when seven blue iguanas were brutally murdered in their habitat as they rested in the setting sun.

IRCF Journal- Fred Burton, Honored

Special Award: Fred Burton Honored
IRCF Journal, Volume 14 Number 3, September 2007
Natural scientist Frederic James Burton’s decision not to pursue a career in academia has proved to be a singular and far-reaching blessing for the Cayman Islands.

IRCF Journal- Fire in the Salina

Fire in the Salina Reserve, Grand Cayman. By Frederic J. Burton
IRCF Journal, Volume 13 Number 2, June 2006
Mid-May brought an unexpected threat to the Bue Iguana Recovery Program (BIRP) in the form of a large-scale fire that started in a small agricultural plot and swept out of control into the Salina Reserve’s sedge wetlands.

IRCF Journal- Pharaoh, A Tribute

Pharaoh: A Tribute. By Joe Ehrenberger
IRCF Journal, Volume 12 Number 3, September 2005
After seven years, “Pharaoh,” a male Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi), will be leaving the Deserts exhibit at the Indianapolis Zoo in 2005.

IRCF Journal- Restoring Wild Blue Iguana Population

Restoring a New Wild Population of Blue Iguanas (Cyclura lewisi) in the Salina Reserve, Grand Cayman. By Fred Burton
IRCF Journal, Volume 12 Number 3, September 2005
Twenty-three immature Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas (Cyclura lewisi) were released into xerophytic shrubland in the Salina Reserve on Grand Cayman in December 2004.

IRCF Journal- Blue Iguana Update

Blue Iguana Update. By Fred Burton
IRCF Journal, Volume 12 Number 2, June 2005
“Team Blue 2005,” a rotating team of international volunteers, is in the midst of an ambitious field season working with the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman.

IRCF Journal- Focus on Conservation – Blue Iguana

Focus on Conservation, Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi
IRCF Journal, Volume 12 Number 1, March 2005
Conservation action for the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana began in 1990 and accelerated in late 2001, after the Cayman Islands hosted a meeting of the World Conservation Union’s Iguana Specialist Group.