Want to know what outdoor education looks like in the Bahamas and Jamaica? Well, now you can see for yourself by watching Inside the Mangrove Classroom, a film that portrays our Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) and Jamaican Awareness of
We reached the end of the school year in parts of the Americas. I can’t believe I’m already returning to the Caribbean to wrap up our Mangrove Education & Restoration programs (B.A.M. and J.A.M.I.N.) in this third and final installment. For the past
It’s been three weeks since we last met with the second year B.A.M. students at Forest Heights Academy. During our last session, the students plated their potentially diseased red mangrove leaves in agar. Since Ryann Rossi and I returned to the
Mangrove Education & Restoration Blog By Ryann Rossi Participating in outreach is one of the greatest joys of being a scientist. Sometimes outreach is as simple as creating a pamphlet with information about your research or giving an informal talk
Ryann Rossi is a Ph.D. Candidate at North Carolina State University who studies mangrove disease in The Bahamas. She has partnered with KSLOF to incorporate her research on mangrove disease into our Mangrove Education & Restoration Program. The following is
Mangrove Education & Restoration Blog Last February, I presented about the B.A.M. program at the Bahamas Natural History Conference, a conference in the Bahamas that offers presentations about the science and education programs being implemented by various organizations that are
Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog It’s spring break in North America, which means that many families are traveling to warmer destinations to enjoy some rest, relaxation, and much needed warmth and sunshine. This is evident by the many travelers on
Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog Although it has been raining on and off ever since we arrived in Jamaica, today the weather is absolutely perfect. It’s a good thing too, because as a part of the J.A.M.I.N. year 2 program,
Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Today, it’s absolutely beautiful weather in Abaco, Bahamas. It’s sunny outside and there is a gentle breeze wrestling the branches of the mangrove trees. Along the waterline of the mangroves, groups of students from Forest Heights Academy
Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Symone Johnson is a NOAA Knauss Fellow who is volunteering with KSLOF for the first phase of our mangrove education and restoration programs in the Caribbean in order to learn about managing, implementing, and
