Gifts
for Conservation
Projects
You Can Support
HELP
CLEAN UP AND RESTORE THE GULF: POST OIL SPILL
"No one could
make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do
only a little...."
This quote from the 18th century has never rung more true that it
does today.
YOU can make a difference
in so many ways. You can volunteer, you can donate $5.00 (or more,
of course!), you can raise money (yes, YOU can!), you can be an informed
voter. It is important to remember that the spoils of the Gulf spill
disaster will last for DECADES. We must all ACT NOW to ensure good
quality habitat for our nesting and migratory birds, for our marine
mammals, and yes, even for ourselves......
Visit these web sites
to discover where you can make the best use of your talents, time,
and energy:
www.tristatebird.org
(one of the leaders in rehabbing oiled wildlife)
www.audubonaction.org
(info on what YOU can do to help)
www.nwf.org
(National Wildlife Federation web site)
www.nature.org
(Nature Conservancy web site)
www.ducks.org
(Ducks Unlimited web site)
www.crowdrise.com
(raise money yourself for the cause thru this web site)
DON'T
LET THIS PRISTINE AND HEALTHY SCENE BECOME A SCENE OF THE PAST! ACT
NOW!
PROTECT WOLVES AND GRIZZLIES
Highlight Gift
$3.00 To Benefit Public Lands and Protect Wolves and Grizzlies.
Did you know that for as little as $3.00 you can make an acre of western
public lands safe for wolves and grizzlies?
There are specific locations around Yellowstone and Glacier National
Parks and the large wilderness areas of central Idaho where wolves
and grizzly bears chronically kill livestock. These conflicts typically
result in government actions to move or kill these important large
carnivores.
The National Wildlife Federation has launched a new program that identifies
these chronic conflict areas and pays ranchers to quit grazing their
livestock there. It's a win-win approach that has won support from
livestock producers who frequently use the payments they receive to
secure new grazing land in locations that do not have wildlife conflicts.
This program is an innovative and effective means of changing the
location of grazing areas on public lands.
An allotment retirement gift could be given in any amount. NWF has
retired allotments ranging in size from fewer than 2000 acres to over
87,000 acres! A $300 donation protects 100 acres of habitat, almost
1/6th square mile!
Send any amount to:
The National
Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf-wcr.org
SPECIFY that the donation is for the Grazing Rights Buyout Program
THE BAILEY WILDLIFE FOUNDATION PROACTIVE CARNIVORE
CONSERVATION FUND
Help reduce potential conflict between predators and humans with
a gift to The Bailey Wildlife Foundation Proactive Carnivore Conservation
Fund.
Here is a way you can help Defenders of Wildlife assist landowners with
on-the-ground projects that have measurable benefits for predators and
people.
Wolves, grizzly bears and other predators sometimes kill livestock or
cause other problems. Defenders of Wildlife created the Proactive Carnivore
Conservation Fund to prevent conflict between predators and humans before
it occurs. This innovative cost-sharing program helps ranchers take
steps to keep wolves and bears from attacking livestock. Projects include
purchasing livestock-guarding dogs, erecting electric fences, buying
alarm devices and bear-proof dumpsters and providing financial incentives
to relocate sheep from high-conflict grazing allotments.
Defenders of Wildlife - The Bailey Wildlife Foundation Proactive Carnivore
Conservation Fund http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/new/facts/pro.html
HELP SUPPORT A NORTH AMERICAN BEAR CENTER!
Would you like to invest in something that will help bears and associated
wildlife? This is the time, and this is the place! The Wildlife Research
Institute has built a North American Bear Center and funds are badly
needed.
If you like to help meet challenges, this is the gift to give or receive.
Two "guardian angels" have committed to buying and donating 47 wooded
acres and a log building in northern Minnesota provided the remainder
of the money, $240,000, can be raised to complete the project. The property
is up for sale, so the opportunity to make this dream a reality could
slip away.
Help the Wildlife Research Institute clear this last hurdle. Visit the
web site at http://www.bearstudy.org/NABC_Fund.htm.
Learn how you can help support the North American Bear Center.
ADOPT/SPONSOR AN ANIMAL
Various organizations encourage individuals and groups to sponsor a
specific animal. Some "adoptions" help animals in the wild. Other adoptions
are for specific animals in captivity that may be "ambassadors" for
their species. People can come to interpretive and education centers
to learn about these animals. In some cases, the animals are taken to
public programs given at nature centers, museums and schools. Adoptions
help such organizations to feed and care for specific animals. Here
are some ideas for animal sponsorship:
The International Wolf Center
http://www.wolf.org/wolves/shop/shop.asp?cat_id=12&prod_id=446
Adopt one of the Wolf Center's resident wolves! You can sponsor Lakota,
Mackenzie, Lucas, Shadow or Malik - or you can adopt the entire pack!
The Raptor Center
www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu
The Raptor Center has a variety of "Education Birds" for adoption.
You can choose everything from hawks to eagles to turkey vultures
to falcons to owls!
The Red Wolf Coalition
www.redwolves.com
or contact redwolf@coastalnet.com
You can adopt a wild red wolf and have a brass plate with a short
inscription of your choice put on a radio collar that helps scientists
learn more about how to save these endangered animals.
Memberships You Can Give
and Receive
These respected organizations are just a few of many. We will add others
to the list, and we welcome your suggestions for us to consider.
The Nature Conservancy
- www.nature.org
The Wildlands Project - www.twp.org
The International Wolf Center - www.wolf.org
The Wilderness Society - www.wilderness.org
The Grand Canyon Trust - www.grandcanyontrust.org
The Red Wolf Coalition - www.redwolves.org
The Yellowstone Association - www.yellowstoneassociation.org
The National Wildlife Federation - www.nwf.org
National Parks Conservation Association - www.npca.org
The Population Connection - www.populationconnection.org
Planned Parenthood - www.plannedparenthood.org
Trust for Public Land - www.tpl.org
Minnesota Land Trust - www.mnland.org
Gifts You Can Give and
Receive
SOLAR
OVEN
www.solarovens.org
NEWS FLASH -
Solar Oven Society to supply solar
ovens to 20,000 Ethiopian farmers in 2007!
This inexpensive, environmentally-friendly device uses the sun to
help boil water and cook food without people having to strip trees
for firewood. In many countries, forests are disappearing because
of the need for cooking fuel. Not only do solar ovens offer an alternative
fuel, they also help prevent disease by making it easier to sterilize
water. You can order an oven to be sent abroad in the name of your
friends or you can suggest that they do the same in your name. Gift
cards will be sent in your name.
Books and Videos You Can
Give and Receive
WORLD POPULATION VIDEO
http://www.populationconnection.org/education/catalog/items/item58.html
Human population growth critically affects the natural environment
and its conservation. This 7-minute video presents a riveting simulation
of human population growth. A digital clock marks the passing of the
years from 1 AD to 2030 as lighted dots appear on an illustrated map
to represent millions of people. Historical references guide viewers
through the population changes. This video makes a unique and useful
gift for educators and for anyone desiring an interesting springboard
to stimulate discussion about population growth.
COLLAPSE:
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
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This is a "must
read" for any conservation-minded, outdoor-loving, or progressive-thinking
individual. Written by the biologist and Pulitzer-prize winning
author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, this book traces the collapses
of several disparate civilizations, distills the reasons for their
decline, and uses examples to show how similar processes are underway
at present. After one reads this book, the devastating implications
of the burgeoning human population, energy issues, water shortages,
global warming, and biodiversity loss will come into sharp and frightening
focus.
The author demonstrates that the fate of societies that declined
and ultimately collapsed was the result of decisions they made or
failed to make in the face of impending disaster. Diamond makes
it clear that our response to critical environmental issues, including
resource management and population control, will determine the destiny
of the global community. While there is cause for great concern,
Diamond provides the assurance of hope, but only if we take action.
He offers suggestions of things we can do, and he expresses cautious
optimism that we can solve the problems that threaten to overwhelm
the planet. For this reason, the book is well worth reading and
giving as a gift.
BOOKS
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a humane impact on society. One of their publishing programs, "The
World As Home," is dedicated to writing about the natural world
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readers, writers, educators, and activists. Milkweed's "World
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community and the natural world. The "World as Home" link
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