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Last Update: Sat Sep 30 07:24:09 2006

+ School Visits! + Click Photo to Enlarge! A student helps Dave show the rest of her school how to shoot a poison dart using a blow [...] being rock stars!A huge thank you to all of the students and teachers actively engaged in the adventure. Keep Exploring! Dave

+ Flourishing In the Flooded Forest + After spending six weeks winding our way from river to river and town to town in the flooded Peruvian Amazon, I [...] a disease afflicting people who spend large amounts of time in the water. The fishermen figured that since the tree su

+ The Complete List! + Wow, I can't believe we have reached the final Project Peru update. It seems like we are just getting started and I [...] Red Throated Caracara Eastern Kingbird Brown Chested Martin Horned Screamer Black Collared H

+ Protecting the World's Rainforest + Wow! Project Peru is coming to a close. So much has happened and you have been great at giving us ideas to solve our Daily [...] of large areas of pavement. -Trees reduce soil erosion and sedimentation in streams.   (Sierra Club)

+ Project Peru: The End or Just the Beginning? + So we end our adventure in the city of Iquitos, where we began. What we have seen and done is overwhelming, but [...] will be needed. It is important to keep in mind that there is also so much positive work being done in the park, and as a

+ Day 40: Mystery Photo + If you need a hint you can use your mouse to hunt for clues in the space below! I am a small part of a much larger ...

+ What a Trip! + This video is available in two formats! With your teacher's help, choose the best one for your computer: [...] I hope you've enjoyed coming along on this learning adventure, and I hope you've enjoyed the videos! See you next year.

+ Vanishing Cultures In a Changing Forest. + The last week of Project Peru has been different because we have spent a lot of our time in communities learning [...] which hold the key to future preservation. Keep Exploring! Dave Please Join us for our last online chat from 1:30

+ Howler Monkeys! + It has been interesting to paddle our way out of the depths of Pacaya-Samiria . The closer we get to larger groups [...] and can live about 20 years. These monkeys eat mainly leaves, fruit and flowers. Compared to other monkeys, howlers don'

+ Meeting with Park Officials + We are now heading to Iquitos to take care of a few things before we head back to the US. One of our tasks we will be meeting with [...] heat- and air-drying options: an air-drying circulation fan uses very little electricity; heat drying uses a lot. (Sierra Club)

+ Veinte de Enero + It was a fun, short paddle from Arequipa to Veinte de Enero, but it resulted in a whole new world for us. I [...] the supplies they need to teach. Sometimes it takes quite a while to get the necessary textbooks and often there is only one bo

+ Day 38: Mystery Photo + If you need a hint you can use your mouse to hunt for clues in the space below! I am the largest of my kind . I am ...

+ End of the School Day + This video is available in two formats! With your teacher's help, choose the best one for your computer: [...] playing King of the Canoe, washing clothes, splashing each other, taunting one another and canoe racing, among other things.