The Big Field Trip

Our planet has lots of different biomes, the fresh water biome, marine biome, desert biome, tundra biome, forest biome and grassland biome. A biome is an area with similar climate and species. For instance, both the Sahara desert and the Gobi desert are part of the desert biome. They are different continents and some different [...]

ABRA PATRICIA from Jason Kirkman on Vimeo.

     ECOAN is a group of conservationists in Peru. They reforest areas and protect endangered species. One thing they do is reforest. They have nurseries in Abra Patricia, by Lake Pomacochas, and in other areas. In Abra Patricia, their nursery is in a town called Progreso. People in the town help plant the trees and [...]

Hector is our friend from ECOAN. His job is to be a guard. He keeps people from cutting down trees at Abra Patricia. Hector never cuts trees down in Abra Patricia Reserve. He only cuts trees down in his back yard. He uses trees for fires to keep warm and to cook. He lives with [...]

Today we woke up early and went to visit Hector’s house. Hector is one of the guards at the reserve. His house is on the edge of Abra Patricia, and his family runs a restaurant for truckers who travel on the highway. He raises most of the food served at the restaurant right around the [...]

 
     Hello from the cloud forest in Amazonas Peru. We are in a lodge in a protected cloud forest. This cloud forest is important because it contains lots of different animals and plants that are rare and endangered.  Endangered animal species include the spectacled bear, the spatule-tailed hummingbird, and the long-whiskered owlet. There are also [...]