Interview With Magdalena Baykeeper Julio Solis

"To take care of our water signifies that we have more life."
—Julio Solis, Magdalena Baykeeper (in translation)

Julio Solis serves as Magdalena Baykeeper and also represents Latin America on Waterkeeper Alliance's Board of Directors. His charge, the Bahía Magdalena (or Magdalena Bay) is located along the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and is renowned for its mangrove swamps and the year-round abundance of wildlife it hosts. A naval mechanic by training, Julio learned the importance of natural resource conservation at an early age and later turned it into his career. Now, as an award-winning environmentalist, he risks life and limb to fight unchecked development and protect biodiversity on the Baja peninsula.

Here's what Julio had to say about his work and his decision to become a Waterkeeper. The interviewer is Waterkeeper Alliance staff member Ippolita Bacar Di Paola.