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Contactos Spanish translation coming soon (Fall 2007) Scott Pohlman - Scott Pohlman created the education manual on this web site as product of his Master's thesis completed through the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development Masters Program: Pohlman, S. 1998. Towards implementation of community-led conservation in lowland rainforest: The Water-for-Life Program in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. 148 p. Master's Thesis, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Pohlman is currently employed as a Riparian Corridor Specialist with the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, Carrboro, NC. He can be contacted at: spohlman@mindspring.com Rodolfo Quiros - Rodolfo is the education coordinator at the Las Cruces Biological Station in Costa Rica. Rodolfo is working with students in San Vito, a small rural community that is participating in the Water-for-Life Program. Rodolfo can be reached at: rquiros@hortus.ots.ac.cr Doug Parsons - This web site was created by Doug as a product of his Master's thesis completed through the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development Masters Program: Parsons, D. 2000. The Development of the Water-for-Life web site: An Environmental Outreach Tool on Water Resource Issues for Costa Rica and Latin America. Master's Thesis, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Doug is currently the Policy Partnerships Officer with the Australian Regional Natural Resource Management Groups Collective in Brisbane, Australia. He can be reached at: iguana265@hotmail.com Tina Laidlaw - The 'Adopt-a-Stream' manual on this web site was developed by Kristina Laidlaw as a product of her masters thesis completed through the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development Masters Program: Laidlaw, K. L. 1996. The implementation of a volunteer stream monitoring program in Costa Rica. 62 p., Masters Thesis, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Laidlaw is currently employed as a Monitoring Specialist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Denver CO. She can be reached at: Laidlaw.Tina@epamail.epa.gov Catherine M. Pringle - Cathy Pringle is associate professor at the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia. Cathy is particularly interested in (1) linkages between species and ecosystem processes in stream systems; and (2) integrating basic research activities with management and policy applications and/or environmental outreach/education. My Ph.D. students are working on stream community ecology in both the tropics (Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Belize, and Madagascar) and temperate zones (Georgia and North Carolina, U.S.A.). My Masters students in the Conservation Program have been involved in projects that range from using algae and fish as biological indicators of pollution in the metropolitan Atlanta area to environmental outreach activities on water quality, such as the implementation of an "Adopt a Stream" program in lowland Costa Rica. She can be reached at: cpringle@uga.edu Rodney Vargas - Rodney developed an outreach poster focusing on the Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui watershed. His Master's thesis studied the economic, social, and ecological issues surrounding water resources in the community of Puerto Viejo. Rodney currently works for the Organization for Tropical Studies and can be reached at: rvargas@cro.ots.ac.cr Claudia Charpentier - ccharpen@samara.una.ac.cr |