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Brooke’s Cyber Expedition: Scientific Paper in Brenesia

Remember in December of 2008, when I wrote about helping sea turtles on a beach in Costa Rica? Well, a few of the nights I worked, as I hiked back to camp through a thick stand of rainforest, I happened … Continue reading

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Brooke’s Cyber Expedition: Blogs for Friends of the Osa

I’ve been writing special posts for Friends of the Osa’s new bi-lingual blog site, which can be read in either English or Spanish. My newest posting is a story about Humpback whales inside the gulf: http://osaconservation.org/blog/789/golfo-dulce-hotspot-for-humpbacks/, and my first contribution was an introduction … Continue reading

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Brooke’s Cyber Expedition: Zachary Hopes to Hoard an Award

Zachary Z. Packrat and His Amazing Collections was recently nominated for a Grand Canyon Reader Award (2011 nominees will be posted soon at www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/). Next April, up to 45,000 students across Arizona will vote on their favorite of 10 selected books … Continue reading

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Brooke’s Cyber Expedition: Facebook Fan Page

Slow to new technologies, I was at first reluctant to jump into the Facebook fray. But now I’m definitely hooked! It’s a great place to post little personal blurbs about what I’m up to, including photos of family, friends, travels, … Continue reading

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Brooke’s Cyber Expedition: Rainforest Radio Interview

I recently did an interview on the L.A. Talk Radio Show “Jana of the Jungle”: www.latalkradio.com/Players/Jani-031710.shtml.   In the first half of the almost-hour long dialogue, I revealed some details about my childhood and the life path that led to … Continue reading

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Better Blogsite for Brooke

Yahoo for improved technology! You may have noticed the interface of my blog has changed a little. That’s because this is a  new program. The old one I used acted glitchy—often losing posts I had spent hours preparing because of the … Continue reading

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Authors for Earth Day Celebration at Rhodes Jr. High

Of course Earth Day is best celebrated by doing something GREEN. But hanging out with other people who are doing something GREEN is even better. I was lucky enough to hang out with a whole school of amazing students at … Continue reading

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Video of Humpbacks off Punta Banco, Costa Rica

We documented this group of Humpback whales, a MCE (Mother-Calf-Escort), about 1.5 km off the shores of Punta Banco. That’s right where the tuna farm is planned—I mean the exact location! It was a one of our most significant sightings. … Continue reading

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Sweet Success in Golfo Dulce

Forgive the hiccup in time… so much has transpired since my last posting. Jorge and I completed our marine sighting survey and celebrated the success of our work. Yipy!!! My return to the United States was quickly followed by several … Continue reading

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My Poem: Tree of Life

While hiking in the heart of the rainforest I scribed this poem, inspired by an enormous zapatero tree.                                         Tree of Life                                 You stand growing thick                                 with wisdom as history swirls                                 the breeze like a magician,                                 … Continue reading

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