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Round River Student Program

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Strangers in the Alpine

by Conor Larkin, Colby College (photos by Adam Spencer) Our time in BNP El Mosco Reserve can only be described in two words: quite remarkable. I kid, I kid, not only due to the fact that quite remains to this…

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Make Permanent the Sacredness Here

by Siena Wiedmann, of Bowdoin College Like true adventurers, we trekked across the worn boardwalk through the small, colorful town of Caleta Tortel, feeling like the wooden panels might collapse beneath the weight of our heavy backpacks. We had spent…

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Chucaos in the Chacabuco

by Baillie Stein, of Colby College Midday on February 20th, I was sitting in the back of Blue Luv: our big, blue, well-worn, rugged Chevy SUV with “Round River Conservation Studies” emblazoned on either door. We were bringing up the…

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Far Out

by Rae Tennent, of Carleton College It’s pretty hard to escape people. In the continental US, it is impossible to get more than 30 miles from a road, so disappearing into the wilderness is only as easy as buying into its…

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Environmental Education at Cayuqueo Glacier

By Johannah Frisby, College of Saint Benedict’s On Wednesday October 10th, Round River and 30 students from Cochrane’s elementary school took a day-long field trip to visit our neighboring glacier. Neither group had been to the Cayuqueo Glacier before and…

Costa Rica

Welcome to la Pura Vida

Luke collects data for his field project on the habitat preferences of the Neotropical river otter. Photo by Shalynn Pack.   By Luke Golden, Westminster College       It really hit me that I had arrived in Costa Rica as I walked…