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The Peaks of Uran against an unusual blue sky for October The rainiest month of the year has been a mixed bag of some sunny days, some cloudy days, and some very rainy days.  It does seem though that we are getting less Read More …

“Always have a dream that lasts longer than a lifetime” Jack Layton —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Reflecting: It has been almost 12 years since the reserve first started the reforestation project.  The old stumps still loom within the new forest as if to serve as a Read More …

“But I’ll tell you what hermits realize.  If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.”                                                                                                              Alan Watts ________________________________________________________________ Welcome back Holly Mckelvey.  Holly is a former Read More …

Mount Uran covered in cloud.  A view from the researcher’s casita. Tree Planting in a Recovering Cloudforest: It’s a Saturday morning and we are packing small seedlings into our backpacks and gathering tools for the trek up the mountain.  Even Read More …

April showers bring…..many creatures out. Research and Volunteering We had four presentations this month as people finished up their research and shared their data and experiences. Crissy and her son Daniel’s evening bat collecting resulted in the identification of 8 species.  Her presentation included information Read More …

Research Crissy and her son Daniel (Florida, US) are in the midst of a bat survey at Cloudbridge.   There has been research done at lower elevations in Costa Rica, but investigations at higher elevations has been limited. It will be interesting to see how Read More …

 February Blooms February saw Cloudbridge hosting 15 researchers, volunteers and guests, wow what a month! New Volunteers and Researchers this month: In February Cloudbridge was fortunate to have Bastian and Nuria (Germany) walk into the reserve and volunteer to help.  Read More …

Cloudbridge started off the new year with a full house of  people volunteering and researching. Katy from Australia and Meghna from the UK are our latest GVI interns and they are continuing with the ongoing biological survey.  The survey intends to Read More …

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 …