It was with great sadness that all of us here at the Leatherback Trust learned of the passing of Gordon Moore, a founder of Intel and, with his wife Betty, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The Foundation, and the Moore family, were critical supporters of the Leatherback Trust in the early 2000s, a time when the threat of rampant coastal development threatened the nesting beaches and mangrove swamps of Playa Grande and the nearby estuaries in Costa Rica. Although the danger has not abated, thanks to the Moore Foundation and family large tracts have been protected from development, the beaches still exist as a refuge for nesting sea turtles, and coastal dry forest still stands in the shadow of Tamarindo’s blight.