You can make a tax-deductible donation to help us sustain our research and community engagement activities. These include collaborating with local partners, collecting long-term data, and training local and international students who work at the intersection of ecology and society.
SUPPORT US!
Now more than ever, individual donations are critical to our work.
Any level of donation can make a difference for us.
$50–$100 Helps support supplies and data collection efforts for field teams and students (handheld GPS units, field gear, binoculars, etc.).
$300 Supports a community engagement event (e.g., gathering with herding households, data-sharing, knowledge-coproduction, or capacity building workshop).
$1,000 Supports research infrastructure (e.g., wildlife cameras, bioacoustic monitors, solar panels) and student travel for scientific training and dissemination.
$3,000 Supports approximately one month of field operations, contributing to local herder collaborator stipends, field vehicle rental, and other logistics required for research in high-altitude regions
$5,000 Sponsors a GPS tracking device purchase, deployment, and long-term data collection efforts
For larger donations, please contact wenjingxu [at] umass.edu directly to discuss.