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03-10-2006, 03:53 PM
Hi all,
Our non-profit organization has a rare opportunity to conduct a study on endangered snow leopards in northwest Pakistan using GPS satellite radio-collar technology, and we'd love to share this project with students!
We are going to fit five cats with collars and track them for 12-15 months, with monthly uploads of daily locations (potentially weekly data uploads). The project will collect critical data on snow leopard home-range size, movement and activity patterns, use of travel corridors, intra-specific distances, and human-snow leopard interations. This information will be used to implement better conservation and management programs, as well as to recommend new or expanded protected areas.
During the course of the project, we can provide an interactive web-based forum for your class to "monitor" the collared snow leopards. We can also provide extensive background materials, including video, on snow leopards, their mountain habitat, and the threats facing them. It is a great opportunity for your students to share in real world field conservation and can be integrated into lessons on science, math, social studies, and geography.
To help raise the substantial matching funds for the project, we are just asking for a small contribution from participating classrooms (suggested donation of $100).
If you are interested, please contact me at jen@snowleopard.org for more details. If you'd like to learn more about these amazing cats, please visit us at www.snowleopard.org.
Thanks for reading,
Jen Akin
Snow Leopard Trust
(206) 632-2421
Our non-profit organization has a rare opportunity to conduct a study on endangered snow leopards in northwest Pakistan using GPS satellite radio-collar technology, and we'd love to share this project with students!
We are going to fit five cats with collars and track them for 12-15 months, with monthly uploads of daily locations (potentially weekly data uploads). The project will collect critical data on snow leopard home-range size, movement and activity patterns, use of travel corridors, intra-specific distances, and human-snow leopard interations. This information will be used to implement better conservation and management programs, as well as to recommend new or expanded protected areas.
During the course of the project, we can provide an interactive web-based forum for your class to "monitor" the collared snow leopards. We can also provide extensive background materials, including video, on snow leopards, their mountain habitat, and the threats facing them. It is a great opportunity for your students to share in real world field conservation and can be integrated into lessons on science, math, social studies, and geography.
To help raise the substantial matching funds for the project, we are just asking for a small contribution from participating classrooms (suggested donation of $100).
If you are interested, please contact me at jen@snowleopard.org for more details. If you'd like to learn more about these amazing cats, please visit us at www.snowleopard.org.
Thanks for reading,
Jen Akin
Snow Leopard Trust
(206) 632-2421