Join Us! Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. THE LIVING WORLD, SAINT LOUIS ZOO OUR FIRST ANNUAL CONSERVATION AWARENESS AND FUNDRAISING FORUM Saving The Forest, Saving Ourselves CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF CONSERVATION SUCCESS FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER DR. PETER RAVEN Join us for drinks and hors d’oeuvres. The event is free and open to [...]

Dear Friends of the Forest, It is hard to believe that we are almost at the spring equinox! In mid-February, our board members visited the Children’s Eternal Rainforest (CER) to learn more about its unique ecosystems, abundant life and the Monteverde Conservation League’s (MCL’s) work to protect and expand the forest. We were impressed! From [...]

Mission: To support, protect and expand the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. Letter from the President: It is a true privilege to serve as the president of the Monteverde Conservation League US, and work with our Board of Directors, staff and volunteers on our mission “to support, protect, and expand the Children’s Eternal Rainforest.” This 55,575 acre [...]

Laurie Waller was featured in an interview by STLToday.com, discussing the upcoming change in name for the organization. The Monteverde Conservation League–U.S. will soon rename itself the Friends of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. The name change won’t change the purpose of the group. It will remain dedicated to raising funds, buying land and educating people [...]

Greetings Friends of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest! Make your next vacation an Eco-Tour adventure to Costa Rica and the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. You will find our newly designed and exciting trips for 2012 posted on the Monteverde Conservation League U.S. website: http://friendsoftherainforest.org/eco-tourism/. Our many years of guiding experience in the rainforest and Costa Rica will [...]

Summer 2011 Dear Friends of the Forest, At a July national symposium called “Healing the Planet: Conservation of the World’s Tropical Forests” I had an inspiring conversation with Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, president of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, and long time MCLUS board member. He spoke of the vital role that [...]

Spring 2011 Dear Friends of the Forest, New discoveries. New vision. New dynamics. Renewal is spring in action! In this issue you will read of the exciting March 2011 rediscovery of the Lichen Stream Frog in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, a species previously feared to be extinct. Mark Wainwright, MCL’s board president, and author of [...]

MCLUS loves it when individual children decide to get involved with helping to save the rainforest. We have had a number of schools do this, but it is especially rewarding when children work on their own to help raise money. Seven year old Jorie is one special young lady we have recently been working with. [...]

Between 2009 and 2010, MCLUS received $13,400 from schools and academies whose students held fundraisers to support land purchase in The Children’s Eternal Rainforest. Ideas for raising money were unique and varied: bake sales, a karate memorial break-a-thon, note paper sales, home chores and home electric/water conservation, contributing birthday money, giving programs and collecting funds [...]

The New Chapter Key Account Team and Tom Newmark are working with Whole Foods Market to raise money for the Children’s Eternal Rainforest (CER). Tom recently told the board of MCLUS that several stores in the Midwest, Northern California, and the Rocky Mountain regions have a month long fund raising campaign that supports the CER. [...]