A
quick tour of Costa Rica
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Photo by David Funk |
| The Stroud Center's Maritza Biological Station
with Orosi Volcano in the background. |
Sampling the
tropics with camera crew in tow
Director Bern Sweeney spent a whirlwind five days in Costa Rica early this spring, filming, sampling and touring the Stroud Center's facility in the mountains of the Central American country.
With him were Silverwood Films' director Richard Robinson and cameraman Jeffrey Confer, who are making a video for the Stroud Center. (See sidebar on this page.)
A highlight of the Costa Rican trip was the filming of an interview with noted University of Pennsylvania ecologist Dan Janzen, who is involved in several research projects in the Guanacaste Conservation Area near the Rio Tempisque.
The crew also filmed the Stroud Center's lab and its two Costa Rican staff members.
While he was there, Sweeney delivered samples and returned data for a National Science Foundation project on the Rio Tempesquito that is being conducted by Stroud Center's Senior Research Scientist Lou Kaplan.
He also took samples for a project he is doing with Rsearch Scientist John Jackson on assessing levels of pollution in tropical stream rising macroinvertebrate communities.
And finally, Sweeney also continued negotiations on the Stroud Center's operating contracts with the Costa Rican government as well as with nongovernmental organizations. |
ON FILM
Silverwood Films is making a video recording of the story of the Stroud Center.
The film, which is made possible by a generous grant from Marion "Kippy" Stroud, will be a 10-minute presentation of the Stroud Center's work and history, similar in content to "A Portrait: 1967-2000," a publication that is available at the Center.
The production will include interview snippets with Stroud Center co-founders W.B. Dixon Stroud Sr. and Dr. Ruth Patrick, former director Robin Vannote and current director Bern Sweeney. Hudson Riverkeeper Counsel Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who opened the Stroud Center's new stream house last year, will also be interviewed for the film.
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