Adopt-a-Stream (Adopte una Quebrada) Manual.
(T. Laidlaw, 1996)
Available through Catherine Pringle: pringle@sparc.ecology.uga.edu
(in english and spanish)

This manual can be divided into two sections.  The first part serves as a tool for the Adopte una Quebrada program by providing students and teachers with program details.  For teachers, this manual can be a useful teaching aid, showing them how to incorporate the program into their classrooms as a living laboratory.  With the steps and suggestions presented, you have the tools necessary to shape the program to your group's interests and develop your unique monitoring program.The second part of the manual provides a case study of how Adopte una Quebrada has been applied in the classroom.  This section was included to show what kind of natural history information your group may want to collect and demonstrates how to initiate an Adopte una Quebrada program.

The design of this manual was influenced by the needs of environmental educators at La Selva Biological Station.  Once a month, the staff of La Selva interacts with students at the Colegio Tecnico Profesional in Puerto Viejo for four hours.  The manual has four thematic lesson plans, and can either stand alone or complement the Adopt a Stream manual.  This education manual is basic enough so that someone without a background in natural history could use it, but with information and activities that an experienced educator would find useful.  Evaluation of the Adopt a Stream program showed how it could be improved.  While Adopt a Stream served one purpose of getting people interested in streams, perhaps it did not provide a framework for getting information and ecological concepts across to participants. The objective of this manual is to provide educators working with students with a mechanism to translate some of the science of ecology into understandable and relevant information. The objective of educators is to provide students the ability to analyze situations and solve problems.  This ability will then be applied in future decision-making, improving the health and well-being of present and future generations.

Water for Life Website.
Under construction.
(D. Parsons, 1999)

Posters:

• Rivers and springs of Braulio Carrillo National Park - La Selva: The origin of potable water for Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui and adjacent towns.
• (J.A. Bishop, R. Vargas, and C.M. Pringle, 1996)
  Available through Catherine Pringle:  pringle@sparc.ecology.uga.edu
  (in spanish)

  
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  Geographic information (GIS) generated diagram illustrating how the forested La Selva - Braulio Carrillo land corridor protects potable water supplies in the lowlands of Costa Rica.

• The Rivers: A mirror of our community.
• (S. Pohlman, C. Pringle, C. Charpentier, 1998)
  Illustrated by J. Mendelson
  No longer available

   
  Illustration of the interatction between the town of Puerto Viejo and the riverine ecosystem of the Sarapiqui river.

  
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• A tropical stream continuum:  Protect our streams.
• (J. March, A. Ramirez, C. Pringle)
  Illustrated by J. Mendelson
  Available through OTS:  ccheatha@acpub.duke.edu
   

  Illustration of stream fauna in headwater, lowland, and esturarine environments draining the Brauilo Carrillo National Park, La Selva Biological Station, and Barra del Colorado regions.

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