Guest post by Richard V. Joyce Laguna Escondida (or Hidden Lagoon) lies several kilometers north of Eladio’s Refuge in the Peñas Blancas Valley. Rugged terrain and multiple river crossings mean that it can take over three hours to hike there from Eladio’s cabin. Trail-crew members, researchers and biology students are among the few people to [...]

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. [...]

Dear Rainforest Friends, It is finally here! This is the last blog in my series about the places to visit in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest. The San Gerardo Field Station is a great place to see while in Monteverde, the second most frequented destination in all of Costa Rica (it closely follows La Fortuna, the [...]

Dear Rainforest Friends, I only have two more places to share with you that are open to the public in the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, and they are my favorite sites to visit. I, of course, love every part of the reserve, but the field stations have everything a traveling nature-lover needs: beds, bathrooms, food, hiking [...]

Monteverde, April 2011 Dear friends of the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, A few weeks ago (on the night of the March 30th), during an MCL-sponsored field trip to monitor amphibian populations, we were able to confirm the presence of the Lichen Stream Frog (Isthmohyla tica) on a remote ridge in the heart of the CER. The [...]

Dear Rainforest Friends, I was going to postpone writing this blog until later, as a grand finale to the series of blogs introducing you to the various places within the CER. I changed my strategy, though, because there was a group of nature lovers who organized a hike through the CER that I just had [...]

Dear Rainforest Friends, The cloud forest is one of the most uncommon ecosystems in the world, and also one of the most threatened due to global climate change. It is a complex environment, with an incredible amount of biodiversity found throughout its many misty layers. The cloud forest receives its nutrients not only from rainfall [...]

Dear Friends of the Forest! HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2011 promises to be a fantastic year for the Children’s Eternal Rainforest – celebrating its 25th year! We’re joining the Monteverde Conservation League’s celebration by offering two trips to Costa Rica and this special forest! For the first time with MCLUS you can explore the Atlantic side of [...]

Dear Friends, Globally, rainforest destruction continues at a rapid pace. Working to support the Children’s Eternal Rainforest in Costa Rica we can do things differently. We can choose to purchase, protect and restore. We can make a positive change as we continue to buy rainforest land and increase the size of this special forest and [...]