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In 2024, we launched an ambitious Mega Corridor project to reconnect forests between Los Tities de San Juan in Bolívar and the Coraza Nature Reserve in Sucre, expanding habitat for the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin while strengthening local livelihoods. Beginning with twelve Tití Guardian women who cultivated more than 12,000 native seedlings and continuing with 32 farmers dedicating land to restoration, this initiative is building a living bridge where conservation and community grow together.

In Colombia’s Montes de María region, farmers are transforming their lands into living wildlife corridors and open-air laboratories—working alongside conservation partners to monitor forest regeneration, document the return of primates, birds, and wild cats, and lead a powerful community-driven effort to reconnect and restore the tropical dry forest.

This year, I had the joy of welcoming a group of my long-time friends from Wisconsin and beyond to Colombia for an unforgettable visit to Proyecto Tití. Together, we journeyed into the heart of cotton-top tamarin country, where they experienced firsthand the conservation work and community partnerships that have shaped Proyecto Tití for so many years.