by Maggie Eisenberger – Travel and Science Coordinator and MCLUS Board member The new Pocosol trip itinerary was designed to meet several goals; an alternate itinerary for those who have already visited San Gerardo, a shorter trip for those with less time, a less physically challenging trip (although the challenges are there if you want [...]

by Rowan Eisner in Monteverde Over the past couple of years, the Monteverde Conservation League Information Center has been undergoing a transformation to encourage people to come to the Children’s Eternal Rainforest (CER). While located on the road to Monteverde and the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, most visitors head to the Reserve to go zip [...]

by Rowan Eisner in Monteverde You may have read in the May MCLUS blog entry about the Eco Fest. In June, MCL held a three-day event to continue to mark our 25th anniversary, but also marking World Environment day and International Year of the Forests. The ‘Feria Ambiental, Cultural y Deportiva’ or Environmental, Cultural and [...]

by Rowan Eisner in Monteverde When you’re busy maintaining trails or patrolling for poachers in the CER every day you don’t necessarily think to tell anyone when you see an animal. But for those of us who aren’t in the forest every day it is really special and we would like to know! So Wendy [...]

MCLUS President Laurie Waller had an opportunity to interview MCLUS board member Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy on two separate occasions. In this brief chat Dr. Lovejoy shares his views on the environment and protecting biodiversity for a more livable planet. Find out more about Dr. Lovejoy on this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lovejoy. And here Dr. Lovejoy shares [...]

Bob and Vin are off on an epic mission for The League today. They are going to collect two over-sized hydro power generators and take them to San Jose to see if they can swap them for one that would be the right size for San Gerardo station. Bob Law is an MCL founder and [...]

Last week I posted about releasing rescued sloths in the reserve, so I thought this week I’d tell you a bit about sloths. The sloths we get in Monteverde are the two-toed type, or it should be two-fingered, because all sloths have three toes. They spend almost all their time alone in the trees, being [...]

By Meri Vasquez and Rowan Eisner From time to time MLC gets calls from our neighbours letting us know that a wild animal needs rescuing from someone who thought it would make a cute pet. Back in March we got just such a call from the Inva community next to the CER. There were two [...]

May kicked off with an Ecofest on May Day, organised a member of the community called Fish (aka Orlando Clavo), to commemorate ACM’s landmark 25th year. It was well attended by members of the Monteverde community and people from local organisations. There were stalls illustrating many aspects of sustainability from the embryonic local recycling program, [...]

  Gaudy Leaf Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)             A flower in the frangipani family The casque-headed lizard is capable of changing colors depending on its substrate. Photos by guest blogger Richard Joyce