Author: cloudbridgereserve

Zenobia Barlow, “Confluence of Streams” “Children are born with a  sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature.   Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy,  and eventually   into sustainable  patterns of living.” This month we celebrate the education Read More …

Keep close to Nature’s heart….and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods.  Wash your spirit clean.”       John Muir   Activities and Research: September was a good month for trail work Read More …

  Photo by Rolando Zuniga Salaza What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Volunteers planting oak up Sendero Montana Read More …

The Sentinel Younger Sentinel – 6 years earlier Hiking to the Sentinel.  Not an easy task.     Projects: June has been a busy month of people coming and going. Marlos continues her weed suppression study.  We all joined in Read More …

“Planting trees, I myself thought for a long time, was a feel-good thing, a nice but feeble response to our litany of modern-day environmental problems. In the last few years, though, as I have read many dozens of articles and Read More …

Construction of an additional cabina for research housing has begun.  We have installed a new product for the roof manufactured by Dos Pinos Co. Costa Rica’s largest milk producer. They recycle the tetra paks into sheets of láminas.  Tom working Read More …

The many changing colors and moods of a cloudforest make this a magical place. Notes from visitors: “Thank you for opening your beautiful reserve to wayfaring birdwatchers”                                                                                                                             Gwen Baluss “Thank you very much for sharing your beautiful land.  May it Read More …

Cloudbridge continues to work at building bridges with communities, schools, and groups both locally and internationally for shared meaning and to learn to collaborate in powerful ways.  The learning curve towards sustainable reforestation is achieved with the help of many Read More …

 Here’s to looking forward to a new year of research, education, and reforestation efforts at the Cloudbridge reserve. We are grateful to have Adam Wicks-Arshack back with us as the resident biologist.  His knowledge and enthusiasm for helping out with the Read More …

By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or at least one of the ways, to spiritual, moral, and cultural regeneration. — E.F.Shumaker           Read More …