• Nahuatl: "the place of grass." Since the reserve was largely deforested and grazed when we began to manage it in 2000, this name is a reminder of reserve's former ecological condition - and it enhances one's appreciation for the ongoing afforestation and faunal repopulation.
• Our personal meaning: A blending of the Spanish names, "Zacarias" and "Tristan" - in honor of our two sons.  We can only imagine how beautiful the reserve will be when these guys grow up.
•  Other random definitions: A Mayan percussion instrument made from a tree trunk; a Mayan community in Belize.

Photo: Tristan (age 2) and Zach (age 3) - March 2005.   Austin, Texas