My first impression on visiting Topocalma wetland in Chile was how similar it looked and felt to my local stomping grounds along the Sonoma Coast of California. All that was different was the access road and the lack of development nearby. I thought to myself, this is probably what the California coast looked like before we built over it. Visiting my colleague, Juan Buttazoni, to witness his conservation efforts was eye-opening. I knew, as an ecologist, that both coasts are “Mediterranean...
