To all those interested in wolves and moose in Isle Royale National Park:
John Vucetich and I are working on the annual report, providing an update
through the winter study in 2015. We hope to have this posted within a couple
weeks, and we will send you an email notification when it is available on our
website.
This message is about fund-raising. With help from many of you, we were
successful in raising $60,000 in 2014 to match a generous donation of $60,000
from a private donor. It is stipulated that the match must be from private,
non-governmental sources. We have one more year with a similar match
challenge, and we want to highlight this opportunity for you to support the
ongoing study of wolves and moose at Isle Royale. Governmental funds have
either been flat-lined or absent in the past couple years, so private donations
were critical for the 2014 Winter Study, and they will be critical again in
2015.
Tax-deductible donations can be sent to Wolf-Moose Study, Michigan Tech Fund,
Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan
49931-1295 OR, IF YOU PREFER, donate online through our research website (upper
right corner of home page):
https://www.banweb.mtu.edu/
There will be two more Winter Study blogs posted which will conclude this
year’s winter study (see http://www.isleroyalewolf.org/
postings on the Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale Facebook page will continue
throughout the year.
Thanks very much for your interest and assistance. We could not do it without
you!
Rolf Peterson
P.S. we are strategizing for ways to raise an ambitious endowment fund that
would provide permanent support for wolf-moose research, about $5 million.
Bequests and trusts are an important way to provide significant funding for
your favorite causes. Think about it!
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