The Yellowstone Park Foundation offers three different ways you can support the continuing recovery of wild Yellowstone wolves.
General Wolf Project Support Since the successful restoration of Yellowstone’s wolves in 1996, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has contributed more than $2.25 million, constituting 60% of the Wolf Project’s total annual budget. Without this valuable support from individuals like you, we wouldn’t be able to learn about the fascinating dynamics of wolves and their role in the Yellowstone ecosystem. A gift of any amount will ensure the future of wolf research in Yellowstone National Park.
Sponsor a VHF or GPS collar These collars are critical to long-term wolf research and are invaluable in monitoring wolves that travel great distances, often in rugged and inaccessible terrain. Collars help researchers follow wolf movements, learn more about wolf behavior, and study how wolves impact Yellowstone’s elk, deer and bison populations. Each collar has a unique frequency or satellite uplink so researchers can track an individual wolf and its pack. The expenses for aircraft, veterinary time, Wolf Project staff, tracking equipment, monitoring, and extensive data analysis by researchers quickly add up.
Collar sponsorships have been filled for the 2010 season. We are currently seeking support for Winter 2011 wolf collars.
For a gift of $2,500 for a VHF collar or $5,000 for a GPS collar, we will notify you when your collar has been successfully fitted to a particular wolf. We will also send you the Wolf Project’s Annual Report and if the collar can be retrieved after it is no longer in use, it will be mailed to you.
Contribute to a Community-Supported Wolf Collar With a donation of $50 or greater, you may join a group of fellow Wolf Project supporters in sponsoring a VHF or GPS wolf collar. Once these collars are placed on a Yellowstone wolf, we will email you an update on the collared wolves. We’ll also send you a notice when the Wolf Project’s Annual Report is available online.
Wolf collar support is a rare and distinctive way to take an active part in the study and protection of Yellowstone wolves. If you would like additional information, contact:
Molly Pickall
Projects & Grants Manager
Yellowstone Park Foundation
222 East Main Street, Suite 301
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: 406.586.6303 x106
mpickall@ypf.org
To begin or renew your Wolf Project support today, please use our convenient online donation form. Just check the box provided on the form to designate your gift to the Yellowstone Wolf Project. If you would like to further restrict your gift to a Community-Supported Wolf Collar ($50+), or an individual VHF ($2,500) or GPS ($5,000) collar, please indicate this in the “Comments” box on the donation form.
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