RTPI Staff Teaches Litchfield High School Students in the Costa Rican Rainforest
Between February 24 and March 7 RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser and Director Twan Leenders traveled to the Costa Rican rainforest again to teach Connecticut high school students about the importance of rainforest conservation as part of the Forman School Rainforest Project. This unique hands-on biology course based out of the Forman School in Litchfield, but also catering to high school seniors and juniors of local public high schools, is currently in its 22nd year. Every year a group of 12-14 students travels to the remote (and difficult to reach) rainforest preserve Rara Avis, where they work...
Read MoreCrowned Tree-frog (Anotheca Spinosa)
RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser notes, “This years Reps and Amps team observed 58 species over the course of two weeks in Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve in Costa Rica and added a new species to the 22 year-old cumulative list. This is an impressive task when the list includes over 130 species. The Crowned Tree-frog (Anotheca Spinosa) was found six times during the population surveys, an impressive number for this very elusive species. This points to the continued upward trend of this populations stability in Rara Avis and the surrounding area.”
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