Birds of the Night with Vanessa Kilburn of TREES Belize

On today’s episode of Conservation Conversations we talk with Vanessa Kilburn of Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education society or TREES! T.R.E.E.S is a small grassroots ecological conservation organization hosting a research and education center in the hills of Belize. The TREES field station and research and education center functions as a wildlife ecology research and education center, focusing on tropical ecology research and post-secondary education. However, they believe strongly that ecological conservation can only happen with community involvement, so they also provide a wide range of community programs to members of our community and involve locals in all aspects of our research and education initiatives as well as ecological conservation. We recommend watching this episode as we have amazing footage of their bat research in action! Also check out their social media pages linked in the episode description to see more of what they do! Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/s9VrpBnTzcw Thank you to Vanessa and her team for their time and excitement in showing us around!. Enjoy our conversation with her! TREES Website:Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society (TREES) TREES Social Media accounts: IG - @treessocietybelize @birdsoftoucanridge @treesbelizefarm FB - Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society + Toucan Ridge Bird Observatory Twitter - @TREESBelize + @TRBO_belize Youtube - TREES Belize This episode is brought to you in part by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved