Looking back at a year in the jungle

Baby Howler monkey is being fed with a syringe by an Otterbein student.

Photo by Jacob Marlin, BFREE

Students from Otterbein University of Ohio nurse a baby Howler monkey back to health after it falls from a tree. They rehydrate it and warm it before ultimately reuniting it with its mother.

BFREE Staff members pose with hot sauce goddess, Marie Sharp, during the annual staff retreat.

Photo by Jasmine, our tour guide

BFREE staff enjoyed their 3rd annual retreat. The group enjoyed a tour of their favorite hot sauce factory, Marie Sharp's, before heading to Maya Beach for a little R&R on the beach (and, of course, a night of bowling!)

Agami heron perched at the Agami Lagoon

Photo by Wes Gubitz

Since 2016, BFREE staff have been collecting annual monitoring data on the breeding colony of Herons at the Lagoon. This data is submitted to the international Agami Heron Conservation Working Group.

Sipriano Canti encounters a tapir while enjoying a refreshing dip in the Bladen River

Photo by Marcos Kuk

Life as a park ranger is never dull at BFREE. Much time and attention is given to documenting wildlife sightings, tracks and encounters. This particular encounter with a tapir was a rare and exciting experience.

Harpy eagle sightings occurred at the field station twice in 2018.

Photo by Sipriano Canti

Harpy eagles have been sighted on two separate occasions during 2018. One sighting was in February in the giant Ceiba by the bunkhouse and the second time was near the Cacao Discovery Center on August 23, 2018.

Independence Junior College at the Hicatee Conservation and Research Center during their field course in 2017.

Photo by Tyler Sanville

IJC was the first college to add their names to the "Save the Hicatee" banner. Signing the banner has become a show of support for conservation of the critically endangered Central American River Turtle.

Celso Poots, the Belize Zoo, and Tyler Sanville, BFREE, attend the annual ZACC conference held at the Jacksonville Zoo in January.