Biodiversity Research Institute’s (BRI’s) Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation has announced the receipt of a challenge grant from an anonymous donor to support a “loony-tern.”
This grant was made in response to the Loon Center’s current campaign, Help Hire a Loony-tern, on Adirondack Gives, the crowdfunding website for Adirondack region nonprofits.
The campaign will provide funding for an intern to assist BRI’s Adirondack Loon Center in conducting its loon-related outreach and research studies.
The donor will match donations up to a total of $1,500 to hire an intern this spring.
BRI’s Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation combines scientific research with innovative educational programs to address critical conservation issues affecting the Adirondack Common Loon population and the waterways they inhabit.
The staff is small, with Dr. Nina Schoch, coordinator of the center, being the only year-round employee, and a seasonal field crew of three full- and six part-time staff.
“I am very grateful to this donor who knows the assistance of an intern will significantly expand our capacity to conduct our loon conservation efforts in the Park,” said Dr. Schoch.
It is Dr. Schoch’s hope that the Adirondack community will rise to the challenge and contribute to the campaign to meet or exceed the match.
To contribute to the campaign and help match the donor’s challenge grant, visit adirondackgives.org, and click on Help Hire a Loony-tern.
As a special incentive, donors of $100 to $499 will receive an 8- by 10-inch photograph of a nesting Adirondack loon, contributors of $500-$999 will receive a copy of Adirondack naturalist Kip Taylor’s out-of-print book “Loon,” and those who donate $1,000 or more will have the opportunity to join the Loon Center staff on a personal outing to observe some of their study loons on an Adirondack lake.
To learn more about BRI’s Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, contact adkloon@briloon.org or (207) 839-7600, ext.145, briloon.org/adkloon, or see them on facebook.
