Re: [ECOLOG-L] Cloud Forest Research Station Costa Rica

2010-04-11 Thread Jason Hernandez
As I suspected, I know that site.  Monteverde Biological Station, correct?  The Hotel Del Mar is at the base of the trail.  I remember staying there in my last quarter of undergrad, as part of my course in Tropical Biology.  The Station's network of trails are on the Pacific slope, with one runn

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Cloud Forest Research Station Costa Rica

2010-04-10 Thread Matthew Chmielewski
Regarding the previous post about the Cloud Forest field station, I was asked by Doug Tallamy to tell the list where exactly the reserve is located. The trailhead into the reserve is approximately a 30 minute slow drive with another hour moderate hike outside of Santa Elena, near Monteverde. The

[ECOLOG-L] Cloud Forest Research Station Costa Rica

2010-04-08 Thread Matthew Chmielewski
Dear Ecologgers, I've recently been voted onto the board of a small nonprofit associated with a private ecological reserve in the cloud forests of Costa Rica. I have spent some time there, and as a researcher it seems to be an ideal platform for those interested in cloud forest ecology to cond