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Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Minden man works to protect South American animal

by Jonni Hill

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Copyright 2012 Record-Courier. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Record-Courier March, 1 2005 12:01 pm

Minden man works to protect South American animal

Endangered: Top, a baby tapir searches for food in a cloud forest in Colombia. Below, Craig Downer, left, and his guide Roberto Casquillay stand atop 17,250 foot Sangay Volcano, an active volcano in the heart of the Sangay National Park in Equador, and base for Downer's Andean mountain tapir research.
Endangered: Top, a baby tapir searches for food in a cloud forest in Colombia. Below, Craig Downer, left, and his guide Roberto Casquillay stand atop 17,250 foot Sangay Volcano, an active volcano in the heart of the Sangay National Park in Equador, and base for Downer's Andean mountain tapir research.ENLARGE
Endangered: Top, a baby tapir searches for food in a cloud forest in Colombia. Below, Craig Downer, left, and his guide Roberto Casquillay stand atop 17,250 foot Sangay Volcano, an active volcano in the heart of the Sangay National Park in Equador, and base for Downer's Andean mountain tapir research.


Nevada has a native son who is working to save an animal native to another country. Craig Downer, a fourth generation Nevadan, was born in Ren...

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