By Prashanti Limbu of Westminster College Right after the midterms, the long-awaited break was finally here. Everyone was eager to spend some relaxing days in Punta Gorda, a town in southern Belize. Most importantly we wanted to go to the…

By Lia Ivanick of the University of Vermont It had been a couple days since we returned to Golden Stream after 20 days in the field, and I had been beginning to feel a bit like a sloth with all these hot days doing…

by Lucas Cantrell of Carleton College One of our first field work experiences this semester was a three week stay in Bladen Nature Reserve (BNR), which is managed by Ya’axché and protects vital habitat in the foothills of the Maya…

By Sam Hare Steig of the University of Vermont As the trucks pulled up to the Bladen Ranger Base, we eagerly piled our gear in the beds and clambered into the cabs. Some of the rangers sat in the beds,…

by Christine Bahlinger of the University of Vermont Early on in our stay at Golden Stream Field Station we got our first taste of what it would be like to learn from the Ya’axché rangers accompanying us into the rainforest….