Chica JoMar 21, 20121 minEel Runs Triathlon!Well, Velvet wasn’t actually in the race but she was excitedly paraded along the Waihopai River at the start of Environment Southland’s t...
Chica JoMar 20, 20121 minVelvet Stretches Around Whangerei Town BasinThanks to the great organizing skills and creative ideas of Kim Jones, the National Coordinator for the Whitebait Connection, Velvet appe...
Chica JoJan 8, 20122 min175 Foot Giant Jaguar Seen on A-Mountain Today!!!With the help over 50 friends, neighbors, and volunteers WE DID IT! We carried the jaguar and all its glorious biodiversity up and down ...
Chica JoJan 6, 20121 minA Panel for the Underfrogs!I was speechless today when the Fed-Ex guy arrived with a new Sewing Spots Together panel freshly made over the holidays by Nathalie Aall...
Chica JoJan 6, 20121 min“Hey mom, if a jaguar and an allosaurus got into a fight, who would win”?The Tucson Children’s Museum not only displayed Sewing Spots Together last week, but the young visitors created a whole new panel for the...
Chica JoJan 2, 20122 minOur Jaguar Joins Beyond-TucsonFrom the Beyond-Tucson website: “The tragic shooting events of January 8, 2011 shook our Tucson community, affecting each of us deeply. I...
Chica JoDec 28, 20111 minNew Zealand’s National Aquarium Hosts Our Eel!Velvet is currently on display at the National Aquarium in Napier. How cool to go see our handmade tuna, as well as the real live longfi...
Chica JoDec 27, 20111 minVelvet Swims to Hawke’s BayThanks to the flexibility and patience of Gabriela Gomez Fell and others in Hawke’s Bay Velvet was enjoyed by many, including visitors to...
Chica JoDec 16, 20111 minTuna in Wellington!Due to all the busy-ness here in the desert with the growing jaguar tapestry, one would think that with regards to the dear eels that a c...
Chica JoNov 15, 20111 minVelvet’s Pak-n-Save Swim to Featherston’s Community CentreAn excerpt from Featherston Community Centre’s November Newsletter: “Greetings from the Featherston Community Centre! VELVET: the Travell...
Chica JoNov 15, 20111 minNathalie Aall’s Rainforest RealityNathalie Aall, who recently received her masters in biological sciences (with a focus on herpetology) from West Virginia’s Marshall Unive...
Chica JoNov 13, 20111 minJaguar Spotted in Tucson Mountains!Ok, it’s a jaguar made by of old clothes and scrap fabric, but it’s a beauty… and it’s growing every day! I hope you’ll join me and fellow...
Chica JoOct 30, 20111 minDetails of Jaguar Head and Tail…I thought it would be sweet to share some of the little details of biodiversity within the jaguar’s home range (from the Amazon to Arizon...
Chica JoOct 29, 20111 minVelvet Deals With the Oil SpillD.O.C. – Te Papa Atawhai Ranger Trudi Ngawhare was sad to send a a message recently that due to the situation with the Rena in Tauranga t...
Chica JoOct 26, 20111 minOur Jag Joined National Geographic and NPS at the 2011 BioBlitz!On day one, local school kids flooded the park and this crazy jaguar lady tried to teach an uncountable number to sew on the BioBlitz pan...
Chica JoOct 18, 20111 minVelvet Returns to the Wairarapa and Mt. Bruce!Velvet, the tapestry tuna, is on display in all her present glory at Pukaha Mt Bruce over the school holidays. It takes a lot of work h...
Chica JoOct 18, 20111 minVelvet Competes with Rugby World Cup!At well over 40 meters and growing (so much that the postal service is afraid of us!) Velvet recently appeared at the Sir Edmund Hilary L...
Chica JoSep 22, 20112 minIntroducing: “Sewing Spots Together”….. Make Room for the Jaguar, NZ Eels!“Sewing Spots Together” uses hands-on, public art making to bring people in Arizona and beyond together to discover and value the importa...
Chica JoSep 16, 20111 minMataroa School Gets the Eely Word Out!The Eel Woman did not have the pleasure of visiting Taihape and the kids at Mataroa School. However, their freshwater-conservation-minde...
Chica JoAug 18, 20111 minEel Kissing!Yep, not only did their teacher, Rowena Bullen, kiss a local eel but fellow teacher Robyn Donnelly and their wee youngsters created a pie...