It also noted that Steven Greenleaf, President of the NGO and "an experienced ecologist and natural resource conservation professional" visited the site and "spoke to villagers...members of the Grand Riviere Nature Tour Guide Association, who are the people actually there on the ground with the turtles...biologists, conservationists, fishermen, and government officials": Among those he spoke to there was complete consensus that the project to redirect the river was necessary and in fact will probably save tens of thousands of hatchlings during this nesting season alone, while also protecting properties which depend on, and are part of the ecotourism industry in this village.
Председатель организации Стивен Гринлиф, который является "опытным экологом и специалистом в области охраны природных ресурсов", лично посетил пляж и "разговаривал с местным жителями и экскурсоводами,… биологами, специалистами по охране окружающей среды, рыбаками и государственными чиновниками":