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 We are reaching the end of our time here in Jamaica and Art Binkowski, our J.A.M.I.N. videographer, got a lot of really great footage of the J.A.M.I.N. program, interviews, and aerial drone footage. Today, Art
Mangrove Education and Restoration Blog Filmmaker Art Binkowski You’ve done a lot of natural history or environmental films, what does a natural history filmmaker do? As natural history filmmakers, we try to capture and show the natural world in its
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 Blog Finally, we have arrived in Jamaica! Unfortunately, we had to postpone the J.A.M.I.N. program for a few weeks due to Hurricane Matthew’s approach; however, I’m happy to say that Jamaica was not affected by the
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
Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Our Mangrove Education and Restoration Programs are back in session! It’s September and although I’m no longer a formal educator, I still prepare for the beginning of the new school year. I finish writing
While filming in Senegal for An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch we visited the coastal town of Joal. It is about 2 hours drive south of Dakar, 3 if you get stuck behind a slow truck. When we arrived we
Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog As I quietly walk through the mangrove forest, all around me I observe an ecosystem teaming with life. I hear the shuffling of fiddler crabs as they scurry back to their holes in the
