Aero: Autumn Clearwater-Day – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Autumn Clearwater-Day – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … When I first looked out the plane window when arriving to Costa Rica I noticed all the mountains. Costa Rica is filled with hills and mountains, most of our trips were driving up windy roads up the mountains. The first trip was to Arenal […]

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … One of the most interesting things about Costa Rica was all the different biodiversity that existed in such a small country. Costa Rica is around the same size as West Virginia, yet holds thousands and thousands of different plant and animal species across a […]

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … Costa Rica was a beautiful country because it has a lot of the country has been preserved. When I thought about Costa Rica I knew that there were going to be a lot of rainforests but I did not know that it was going […]

Aero: Marriah Gough – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Marriah Gough – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … Being in New York sometimes offers you many different climates and ecosystems day to day, sometimes even hour to hour. It was the same thing when being in Costa Rica. Where we were staying in Alajuela, there was nothing but sunshine, even bright and […]

Aero: Mary Erb – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Mary Erb – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … The facet of Costa Rica I heard about most before going there was its biodiversity and weather. Of course these things were fawned over and applauded, so my expectations were quite high. I had seen many phenomenal photos, but photos can’t always convey the […]

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity For never being off of the East Coast of the U.S. and only going south of Kentucky three times in my life, I’d say this biodiversity was a new experience. Volcanoes, lagoons, rainforest, cloud forest, more forests and THE PACIFIC OCEAN! The Pacific Ocean, finally! Yea, […]

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity Buffalo is notoriously frigid with boatloads of snow during the winter. Costa Rica was a nice escape. I think people sometimes underestimate how beautiful the United States is. The biggest problem is, several people are not privileged enough, or are too ignorant to travel to see […]

Aero: Kelsey Burbank – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity

Aero: Kelsey Burbank – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity The beauty of Costa Rica is seen mostly through the biodiversity that Costa Rica has. There are so many different ecosystems wherever you go. While in Costa Rica I was able to see many of the different types of ecosystems and all the different plant and […]

Aero: Meagan Hilsdorf – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity

Aero: Meagan Hilsdorf – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity Growing in upstate New York, I have been spoiled with natural resources and being able to enjoy the beauty of nature. I grew up with an appreciation of our forests, rivers, streams and lakes, and the importance of preserving our wildlife. From a young age I […]

Aero: Brittany Gleason – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity

Aero: Brittany Gleason – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity Costa Rica was rich with biodiversity; the different ecosystems were so unique to see.  I was able to see the cloud forest, the rain forest, the life on the mountains, and the vegetation on the volcanoes.  Each ecosystem had their differences but they all had one […]