Luis A Mazariegos
Dec 2017 - Jurassic World
The year 2017 is coming to a close and it was full of new surprises at the Mesenia-Paramillo nature reserve. So far it appears we will...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Oct 11, 20172 min read
Oct 2017- “Centro Educativo Rural Gabriela Echeverry”
For many years, the village of La Mesenia had no school for the kids to attend. They had to walk for one hour and then take a jeep for 45...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Sep 22, 20172 min read
Sept 2017 - A Dream Come True
La Mesenia village has always been a difficult place to reach. The one vehicle road track was built over 30 years ago and advanced very...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 19, 20170 min read
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Luis A Mazariegos
Mar 28, 20171 min read
Mar 2017 - Uniting Jardin & Andes Municipalities
For decades, the "bridge" to cross the San Juan Antioquia river on the way to the village of La Mesenia was a 42 foot tree trunk that was...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Nov 11, 20163 min read
Oct 2016 - Search and Rescue in the Andes
When you visit the reserve, it is very important that you follow instructions. One of the rules is that when you explore the different...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Jul 22, 20161 min read
July 2016 "Trapping" Animals @ MPNR
From February to July of 2016, students from the Department of Mammalogy at Universidad de Antioquia did a study at the reserve to look...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 5, 20151 min read
Jan 2015 - A Permanent Home for the Olinguito
Occurring in the fragile cloud forests of the Western Andes, the olinguito was “missed” by scientists for decades. The discovery of this...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Dec 19, 20131 min read
2013 - New Species Discovery
The year 2013 was the beginning of a series of interesting discoveries at the Mesenia-Paramillo nature reserve. We new the area had an...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Dec 19, 20121 min read
2012 - Ubiel Rendón - "Don Uriel"
One of our reserve rangers, Ubiel Rendón, has become one of the key people in the management and research of our protected area. Ubiel...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 6, 20122 min read
Mar 2009 to May 2012 - Land Acquisition Frenzy
Between March 2009 and May 2012, four more plots of land were acquired for the Mesenia-Paramillo nature reserve, adding 1200 acres of...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Apr 30, 20111 min read
Apr 2011 - Climate Change Wrecks Havoc @ MPNR
During April 2011 and the whole year, we had torrential rains at the Mesenia-Paramillo nature reserve. We certainly have a good amount of...
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Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 20, 20081 min read
June 2008 - Critical Ecosystem Acquired
In 2006, while on a trip to photograph the recently discovered Glittering Starfrontlet, I met Gustavo Suarez in the town of Jardin. In...
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