Upcoming Events
Conservation Connections - Busch Gardens Tampa
Park admission is required - for our friends and members from ZooTampa, please contact tampabayaazk@yahoo.com with the following information and we can facilitate entry to attend the event.
Number of people, number of cars (carpool if possible), names of attendees, names of drivers, time of arrival and company name (ZooTampa)
Number of people, number of cars (carpool if possible), names of attendees, names of drivers, time of arrival and company name (ZooTampa)
tentative schedule below
Sunday, October 20, 2-2:30pm
Zanti Rains
Topic: Conservation efforts of the Paso Pacifico organization in Northwest Costa Rica
Paso Pacifico is a recent grant recipient of the SWBGCF. The organization aims to restore and protect the endangered dry tropical forest and coastal ecosystems of Mesoamerica's Pacific Slope. Their innovative approach protects biodiversity where people already live. By working with local communities, landowners, and partner organizations, Paso Pacifico restores and protects the habitats that form building blocks for wildlife corridors. Their projects range from spider monkeys and sea turtles to bees and Amazon parrots – a coordinated wildlife conservation effort including habitats, species research, and local education efforts.
Zanti Rains interns for Paso Pacifico, working on the ground in northwest Costa Rica. Her time and effort led her to focus on the organization’s Amazon parrot project. In 2018, the yellow-naped Amazon parrot (Amazona auropalliata) was declared endangered by the IUCN Red List. Not only are these birds emblematic of the dry tropical forest ecosystems, but they are crucial to the health of the forests. Yellow-naped Amazon parrots are important seed dispersers, and in losing them we lose the ability to regenerate the fragmented forests of Central America.
Gwazi Pavilion, Busch Gardens Tampa
Light refreshments will be served.
Sunday, October 20, 2-2:30pm
Zanti Rains
Topic: Conservation efforts of the Paso Pacifico organization in Northwest Costa Rica
Paso Pacifico is a recent grant recipient of the SWBGCF. The organization aims to restore and protect the endangered dry tropical forest and coastal ecosystems of Mesoamerica's Pacific Slope. Their innovative approach protects biodiversity where people already live. By working with local communities, landowners, and partner organizations, Paso Pacifico restores and protects the habitats that form building blocks for wildlife corridors. Their projects range from spider monkeys and sea turtles to bees and Amazon parrots – a coordinated wildlife conservation effort including habitats, species research, and local education efforts.
Zanti Rains interns for Paso Pacifico, working on the ground in northwest Costa Rica. Her time and effort led her to focus on the organization’s Amazon parrot project. In 2018, the yellow-naped Amazon parrot (Amazona auropalliata) was declared endangered by the IUCN Red List. Not only are these birds emblematic of the dry tropical forest ecosystems, but they are crucial to the health of the forests. Yellow-naped Amazon parrots are important seed dispersers, and in losing them we lose the ability to regenerate the fragmented forests of Central America.
Gwazi Pavilion, Busch Gardens Tampa
Light refreshments will be served.
Putting for Penguins - November 9th
