Ryan Meczkowski, Local Naturalist Guide, CR Naturalist Experiences A video is powerful. With a smartphone, we hold in our pockets the ability to start a movement. A single recording, at a precise moment in time, can ignite mass protests against unjust police actions or raise awareness of environmental issues. While
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by Ryan Meczkowski Local Naturalist Guide, CR Naturalist Experiences Call it Paradise Lost. Whenever there is a special place, a Shangri-La if you will, that outsiders discover and fall in love with, this place ultimately gets developed and loses its essence. For many, that place is Costa Ballena and they
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By Ryan Meczkowski, Local Naturalist guide Seeing wild animals is exciting, especially when one has the good fortune of a close encounter with a charismatic megafauna. Glimpsing a puma or a breaching humpback whale is an experience that one cherishes for a lifetime. Wildlife tourism capitalizes on these magical moments
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By Ryan Meczkowski, Tour and Education Coordinator Standing in front of the classroom, with 25 young faces watching and hanging on my every word, I knew this was the opportunity for a breakthrough. As the Education Coordinator at Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary, addressing a group of local students about protecting sea
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