Organizations Filed Purposes:
To benefit local, regional, and global communities, we conduct scientific research to advance conservation and management of natural resources and we educate the public, scientists, and policy makers about the results and implications of this research.
To conduct scientific research
National Fish & Wildlife Federation (NFWF): Research on Golden Eagle movements in Wyoming for the Wyoming Golden Eagle Fund. Wind power generation is one of the fastest growing sources of alternative energy. However, industrial scale wind development has both direct and indirect effects on wildlife. With an installed capacity of 1,488 MW in Wyoming, there is an established history of negative turbine-wildlife impacts, especially on Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos). Understanding flight behavior in relation to weather variables is an important component of conservation and management of Golden Eagles at wind facilities. In 2019, we conducted statistical analyses of telemetry data collected from 44 Golden Eagles that were captured and tagged in Wyoming from 2017 - 2019. As of Jun 2019, we had collected >5 million GPS locations. We calculated a suite of flight characteristics for each bird each hour. We expected that certain characteristics of flight, namely, longer flight times, higher flight path tortuosity, and lower flight altitudes, increased risk of exposure to wind turbines. We examined how each of these responses was influenced by time of day, time of year, and weather. We presented results of this work at two scientific conferences, the Annual Meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation and the Annual Wyoming Golden Eagle Working Group Meeting.
US Geologial Survey (USGS): Research on Golden Eagle movement ecology in Alaska. This program seeks to understand the movement ecology of Golden Eagles that are residents of Denali National Park. During 2019, we manage the telemetry data associated with 45 Golden Eagles that were captured in Denali National Park from 2014-2018.
Telemetry data analysis of California Condors funded by West Virginia University. This program seeks to understand behavior of the critically endangered California Condor to aid in their conservation and preservation in the wild. To do this, we used cutting edge animal tracking technology with accelerometry to identify behaviors of captive Condors that will be applied to free-flying Condors. In summary, we were able to identity 5 distinct behaviors using accelerometry data and have a general picture of the roosting, nesting, and ground foraging activity within Los Padres National Forest.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Tricia A Miller | Executive Director Chairman of the Board | 40 | $77,032 |
| Melissa Braham | Vice Chairman of the Board | 40 | $8,964 |
| Michael Lanzone | Board Member | 0.1 | $0 |
| Casey Halverson | Board Member | 0.1 | $0 |
| Adam Duerr | Secretary Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
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