Author Archives: jeffklemens

Hi all! IACG has a very modest budget, our biggest expense is the liability insurance that we carry to protect ourselves and any students or visitors who participate in an IACG sponsored course or event. Usually we are able to … Continue reading →

The most recent issue of Biotropica features a special section on long-term research in the ACG. This project arose from conversations at IACG open houses over the years, Jennifer Powers and myself served as the guest editors. My editor’s overview … Continue reading →

Kicking off IACG 2019 with our evening social! Watching the 1988 NATURE documentary Paradise Reclaimed to get in the mood and to get all these young people up to speed on Santa Rosa history.

Hi Everyone, we are coming up on the registration deadline for the 2019 IACG open house! We’d love to see you at Santa Rosa and hear about your research. Please register and submit an abstract by May 15 if you … Continue reading →

Update: registration deadline is 15 May We are looking forward to the third iACG/ACG Research Open House, scheduled from July 18-19, 2019. The event will take place in Santa Rosa. Please note that we have a new format for the … Continue reading →

Work by long-term ACG researchers Daniel Mennill, Stéphanie Doucet, and their graduate students Katrina Switzer and Lincoln Savi, was recently given a nice write-up in Science magazine. The study uses 3D-printed robotic models to study mating behavior of the yellow … Continue reading →

Some MINAE-SINAC GIS resources. I don’t have GIS skills but seems like there are some useful things here, and the map viewer is interesting to browse regardless: Map viewer (click this button to overlay different GIS layers) CENIGA homepage SINIA … Continue reading →

If you are in or around Santa Rosa on Monday July 24th, professor Arturo Sanchez of the University of Alberta will be giving a talk on his long-term environmental monitoring research in Santa Rosa. The talk will be in the … Continue reading →

Longtime researcher and friend of the ACG David Norman has released a guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Palo Verde and Santa Rosa. The guide consists of 23 color plates and all information is presented in both English and … Continue reading →

For those who aren’t aware of this looming challenge, I include a few (not intended comprehensive, just things I have run across in the last year) links below regarding the planned “Canal Seco.” This is an overland cargo route that … Continue reading →