Conservation

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FFW GRANTS PROGRAM AWARDEES

January 2011 | June 2010 | June 2009 | December 2009
December 2008 | June 2008 | December 2007 | June 2007
December 2006 | June 2006 | 1998-2005

 

June 2006

  • Awareness activities for the conservation of humboldt penguin in the Pisco and Chincha Provinces, Peru. Mónica Echegaray, President, ACOREMA, Peru. $4400.00
  • Development of captive rearing and translocation methods for Taylor's checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori) in South Puget Sound Washington. Mary J. Linders Conservation Biologist, M. Sc. Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. $2542.00
  • Ecology and threat assessment of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in the Luangwa Valley Complex, Zambia. Emma Stone, M.Sc., Project Ecologist African Wild Dog Conservation, Zambia (AWDC) University of Bristol, School of Biological Sciences, United Kingdom. $2960.00
  • Help support Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA) education workshop. Wendy Mills Pan African Sanctuary Alliance California. $1072.00
  • Matabeleland cheetah and leopard research program. Chris Pfefferkorn, Oregon Zoo. Mr. Vivian J. Wilson, Chipangali Wildlife Trust. $3900.00
  • Assemble all existing information on three species of bumblebees to understand extent and cause of decline. Scott Hoffman Black, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Oregon. $3000.00
  • Scarlet Macaw Conservation in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve, Peten, Guatemala 2006. Colum Muccio, Administrative & Development Director, Guatemala. $2000.00
  • Developing captive rearing and translocation methods for Taylor's checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori) in South Puget Sound, Washington. Mary Linders, Conservation Biologist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington. $2542.00
  • Behavioral Response of Cougar (Puma concolor) to Interspecific Felid Scent and the Potential for a Non-lethal Management Technique. Michelle Schireman, Oregon Zoo, Oregon. $5500.00
  • Health status, ecology and distribution of free-ranging maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in eastern Argentina. Maria Marcela Orozco, Cuidad Universitaria, Argentina. $2332.00
  • Conserving Northwestern Pond Turtles in the Mary's River Watershed, Benton County, Oregon. David G Vesely, Ecologist, Pacific Wildlife Research Inc., Oregon. $2888.00
  • Evaluation of Parasitic Prevalence in Wild and Domestic Animals in Buffer Zone of Chitwan National Park. Jeewan Thapa, Intern, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Nepal. $1008.00
  • Conservation Studies and Outreach for listed wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. Dr David Shepherdson, Research Scientist, Oregon Zoo, Oregon. $3500.00
  • Wild Orangutan Translocation Borneo. The Orangutan Conservancy, Indonesia. $2000.00
  • Extension of the Humboldt penguin awareness program in the Pisco and Chinca Provinces, Peru. Monica Echegaray, President, ACOREMA, Peru. $3050.00
  • Matabeleland Leopard and Cheetah Research Program. The survey of the status of leopard and cheetah in Zimbabwe. Chris Pfefferkorn, Assistant Curator, Oregon Zoo, Oregon. $5300.00
  • Behavior and Conservation of the Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena. Dr. Aaron P Wagner, Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, Michigan. $1995.00
  • Survey of giant anteaters in southwest Guyana. Professor Tim Caro, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, California. $2444.00
  • Availability of nest cavities for the vulnerable Vinaceous Amazon and other birds in primary and logged Atlantic forest. Kristina Cockle, PhD student, Fundacion de Historia Natural Felix de Azara, Argentina. $2305.00
  • Conservation Biology of Lowland Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the Brazilian Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Patricia Medici M.Sc. In Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management, IPE-Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, Brazil. $4000.00
  • Snow Leopard Trust, Jennifer Snell Rullman, Conservation Program Coordinator, Snow Leopard Trust, Washington. $1000.00

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