conserving the seeds of life

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Empowering the Heroes of the Planet
CONSERVING THE
SEEDS OF LIFE
by Wally Van Sickle
A very long time ago, a large asteroid raced
through the heavens at a speed of thousands of
miles per hour. The solid rock, six miles in diameter, found in its path a blue planet filled with
life on land and sea. The golden age for biodiversity was about to end.
When the two collided, the explosion of
energy that was released was unlike anything
imaginable. It was the equivalent of a billion
bombs all going off at the same time, and the
combined heat of the impact actually melted the
crust, and lava flowed from the crater. Elsewhere, a mantle plume triggered by the impact,
burst through the crust, and torrents of lava
flowed out onto the Siberian landscape.
Both impact and volcanism ejected enormous amounts of debris into the atmosphere and
the Earth plunged into a volcanic winter. Months
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after the impact, an increase in carbon dioxide
from volcanic activity began to heat up the planet.
So much heat was trapped in the atmosphere
that there was no longer much of a temperature
gradient between the poles and the equator. The
ocean currents came to a halt.
The oceans stagnated and oxygen levels
fell. Anaerobic bacteria filled the seas and began
to release hydrogen sulfide gas as a by-product,
which turned out to be lethal to the carbon dioxide-loving plants. Additional gases were also
released from the dying ocean and the Earth’s
temperature rose an additional five degrees.
By the time this event had run its course,
70% of all terrestrial vertebrates and 90% of all
marine species were extinct. The planet almost
died that day 251 million years ago. That is a
fact! Exactly how it happened remains a mys-
tery, but there is evidence supporting the scenario just described.
However, somewhere in all that chaos, all
those gases, and all those temperature changes,
the seeds of life prevailed. Life survived and
went on to endure, thrive, and even survive two
more major extinction events.
Today, for the first time ever in human history, we are knee deep in another extinction
event. The exact magnitude and number of species being lost is uncertain. The fact remains that
we are definitely saying good bye to many of the
wonderful life forms we have coexisted with and
relied on for thousands of years, and now is the
time to act.
This extinction event is entirely caused by
our own species and is also entirely preventable
by our own species. As you read this, there are
those of us who are coming up with ideas to conserve the seeds of life and there are those who
are coming up with ideas that only serve themselves. Who are we going to support and follow?
What ideas of our own are we going to come up
with? What actions are we going to take? How
amazing of a future can we imagine? Imagine
how good it could be if we put our minds and
hearts to the task!
I cannot help but believe that as more of us
stop and savor the beauty of this planet, the more
beautiful and life-filled it can become. This is the
very vision of the “Heroes of the Planet.” This is
why we empower them with the tools they need
to accomplish their goals, and this is why they will
do their best to make sure the seeds of life are
conserved far, far into the future.
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THE LAND OF THE LORAX AND LEMURS
by Wally Van Sickle
Even Dr. Suess and the Lorax could
never have imagined such a place. It is a place
the size of California set adrift from the African
mainland more than 165 million years ago, a
place teaming with bizarre life forms found nowhere else on the planet and quite likely nowhere
else in the Universe:
- a place where insects sing so loudly you can
barely hear anything else
- a place where monstrous trees look like they
have been tipped upside down and jammed
back into the ground
- a place where reptiles change color depending
on their mood
- a place where lemurs call with such intensity
they make your spine tingle
- a place where rainforests morph into hot dry
spiny deserts
- a place where more species of orchids are
found than in all of Africa combined
a place where stars and planets shine so
bright you can see your own shadow at night
- a place where not a single poisonous snake
exists underfoot or in the trees or in the water
or next to your knees
- a place where living fossils with lobed fins still
swim offshore
- a place where unhatched mega eggs are still
found left by a ten foot tall elephant bird.
- a place where colorful flowers produce anticancer drugs
- a place where spiders make webs as large as
sheets
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a place where terrestrial snails peer at you
with eyes on the tips of expanding stalks
a place where tiny lemurs the size of chipmunks scurry all night long through the arms
of the octopus tree.
This is a place where every single life
form you encounter is one you have never seen
before. This place is called Madagascar and it is
truly one of the most amazing living jewels found
on planet Earth.
RYAN JAMES KELLEY
Ryan James Kelley became a Peace
Corp volunteer and his primary reason for volunteering was to gain real life insight into the root
causes of poverty. Madagascar is one of the ten
poorest countries in the world with an average
annual income of $240 per person. Ryan’s degree in philosophy from Fairfield University in
Connecticut left him feeling a moral obligation to
the developing world. He was assigned to Madagascar in October of 2004 and he began to look
into his questions about poverty. “Where there
are no questions, there are no answers.” He
found plenty of both in Madagascar.
After several weeks in an immersion program in the capital city Antananarivo, Ryan
headed south by bus for two and a half days. His
destination was Fort Dauphin, at the southern tip
of the country. There he became instrumental in
developing training programs for the Libanona
Ecology Center (LEC) (www.libanona.com).
All illustrations by Wally Van Sickle
P R O J E C T # 1304 : MADAGASCAR
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A survey was taken among the local nonprofits requesting what types of training were
needed to set up functional conservation zones.
People trained in zoology, botany, forestry, English, French, accounting, computer science, and
monitoring and evaluation were the most requested by the survey. The LEC designed
courses based on this survey.
At the LEC, Ryan teaches environmental
English and the use of computers to the first
group of students to enter the Environmental
Conservation and Management Program
(ECMP). The program functions like a community
college and once finished the graduates will be
trained for entry level positions offered by environmental non-profits (there are over 30 in the
area) or can pursue advanced degrees in natural
resource management.
der lies one of the poorest populations in all of
Madagascar and one of the most isolated. Almost
no educational or training programs existed and
most people never even finished high school.
This left an enormous void in the human resources needed to manage all those natural resources. Ryan and many others felt that if these
resources were sustainably managed, Madagascar could become the next Costa Rica, and if
they were not, the next Haiti.
In 2004, the first year the LEC offered the
ECMP, fifty applicants applied for twenty positions. The program was supported with great enthusiasm right from the start. Ryan told us he felt
that the students he was working with were
smarter than anyone he knew.
Ryan asked IDEA WILD for an LCD projector. Ryan and many others use the projector
to show lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations,
exercises, field activities, and discussion notes.
Staff and visiting professors all use the projector
to get their messages across. While we visited,
Mark Fenn from WWF was talking with the students about several new parks being established
in western Madagascar and he gave them a
PowerPoint presentation on the LCD projector.
Ryan and his Malagasy students are the
future of natural resource management in southern Madagascar. The IDEA WILD donors, staff,
and volunteers are honored to have been able to
help with their conservation efforts.
Project Cost: $999
HOW IDEA WILD MADE A DIFFERENCE
Nine different ecosystems (rain forest,
transitional forest, spiny forest, riparian forest,
littoral forest, coral reefs, mangroves, estuaries,
and marine ecosystems) all lie within 25 miles of
the LEC. The diversity of ecosystems within such
a small radius is “unparalleled anywhere on
Earth,” and makes for one of the most remarkable outdoor laboratories one could imagine.
Right in the middle of all this natural won-
Ryan James Kelley
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WITH OR WITHOUT FROGS
by Wally Van Sickle
The planet is evolving and many species
are moving about. Some are changing elevations
and some are changing latitudes and some are
changing longitudes.
Many species are no
longer found for obvious reasons and others are
gone for no apparent reason. This is especially
true with the amphibians, and frogs in particular.
There are beautifully intact cloud forests all over
Latin America where numerous frogs are no
longer found.
In our backyard pond in Colorado, each
spring is welcomed in by the calls of the boreal
chorus frog. Not long after the snow thaws, these
little frogs float motionless among the vegetation
sending out mating calls that can be heard
throughout the neighborhood. Like little Buddhas,
each frog’s belly fills with air which is then repeatedly shunted back and forth between the vocal
sac and the belly. Males call and harmonize in
such fantastic melodies it is hard to imagine a
more beautiful song to send one off to sleep.
The pond takes a great deal of effort to
maintain and to create the proper frog habitat.
Before the chorus frogs were willing to breed, we
had much to learn about what proper habitat was.
Of course we were well rewarded when we finally
got the recipe correct. This tiny ecosystem is
somewhat symbolic of a much bigger picture.
There is a planet-wide decline in amphibian numbers and species, and I believe there is
something we can all do about it. My favorite action item is to make sure that all those who are
studying amphibians worldwide are properly
equipped. The more they know, the more we
know, and the more we know, the more we can
ensure frogs have what frogs need.
P R O J E C T # 1223 : INDONESIA
MIRZA DIKARI KUSRINI
Mirza D. Kusrini lives on the island of Java in Indonesia and every day as she showered she was
joined by a lone frog who seemed to enjoy the
shower as much as she did. Like most Indonesians, she assumed there was only one species
of frog and one species of toad in all of Indonesia. Her curiosity got the best of her one day and
she decided to figure out what species of frog it
was. She was astounded to learn that there are
over forty species in Java alone and over 270
amphibians in all of Indonesia!
Enthralled with frogs, Mirza enthusiastically read everything she could find out about
them. What really caught her attention was the
worldwide decline in numbers and species. She
had to know more. Soon after finishing her master’s degree that looked at the relationship between black cormorants and mangroves, she began pursuing her newly found interest in amphibians.
Today she has become one of the predominate herpetologists in all of Indonesia.
near the park. She sent a proposal to IDEA
WILD requesting small portable solar panels and
rechargeable batteries. The park is remote and
without electricity. Headlamps for night time frog
surveys constantly need battery power and nonrechargeable batteries were costing them a small
fortune.
Solar panels and rechargeable batteries
provided by IDEA WILD made sure Mirza and
her crew had all the power they needed to conduct their important work. With power, Mirza
could also use her laptop and GPS to enter the
data they collected. The research has now been
underway for several years and Mirza has even
put together a “Festival of Frogs” for all the children living near the park. The next generation of
Indonesian herpetologists is also gaining experience and expertise with the equipment provided
by IDEA WILD. This is the generation that will
likely decide the fate of many of the frog species
still inhabiting the tropical forests of Indonesia.
Project Cost: $1318
HOW IDEA WILD MADE A DIFFERENCE
Mirza wrote, “In order to determine
whether frogs are declining in any location, it is
necessary to have a basic knowledge of the frog
fauna. There is an urgent need to collect baseline
data on amphibian diversity in Indonesian wild
habitats. In Mount Gede Pangrango National
Park, which is one of the last remaining pristine
areas in the highly populated province of Java,
little is known of the local frog fauna, despite the
huge diversity reported within the park. The latest
frog inventory was performed in the 1960’s.”
Mirza wanted to begin an ongoing amphibian monitoring program within the park and
provide environmental education to children living
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Recipient / Country / Cost /
Equipment Donated by IDEA WILD
• IDEA WILD has funded projects in over
60 countries since its beginning in 1991 •
- Danilo Kluyber
Brazil
#1177 Hummingbirds as Pollinators
Lorena Coutinho Nery, Brazil
$966 Binoculars, Spring Scale,
Mist Nets, Refractometer, Syringe,
Two-Way Radios
# 1178 Vida Silvestre Neotropical
Journal
Mike McCoy, Costa Rica
$806 Used Computer
# 1179 Environmental
Sustainability of Trout Harvesting
Marco Retana Lopez, Costa Rica
$1,283 Water Testing Equipment
# 1180 Ecology of the Bush Dog
Edson de Souza Lima, Brazil
$700 Spring Traps, Pesola Scales,
Compass/Clinometer
#1181 Marine Mammal Strandings
Bianca De Luca Altieri, Brazil
$410 GPS, Digital Camera,
Binoculars, Two-Way Radios
# 1182 Ecology of Loma's Lizard
Juan Carlos Jordan, Peru
$342 Digital Camera, Calipers,
Thermometers
# 1183 Protection of Palo Verde
National Park from Poachers
National Park Rangers, Costa Rica
$400 Rechargeable Spotlights, Binoculars, GPS, Misc.
# 1184 Blue-Fronted Amazon
Reintroduction and Conservation
Glaucia Helena Fernandes, Brazil
$1,430 Radio Collars
# 1185 Seasonal Patterns of
Neotropical Birds
Christiana Mara de Assis, Brazil
$1,144 Recording Equipment
# 1186 White-Whiskered Spider
Monkey Conservation
Andre Luis Ravetta, Brazil
$200 Binoculars
# 1187 Seed Dispersal by
Frugivores
Silvia Lomascolo, Papua New Guinea
$416 Tent
# 1188 Conservation and
Bioaccoustics of Estuarine
Dolphins
Leonardo Liberali Wedekin, Brazil
$412 Recording Equipment
# 1189 Seed Dispersal by Bats at
Tropical Forest Edges
Sergio Estrada Villegas, Colombia
$818 Mist Nets, Head Lamp, GPS,
Spring Scales, Caliper, Digital Camera
# 1190 Rufous-Legged Owl
Survey
Ana Raquel Trejo, Argentina
$301 Cassette Recorder
# 1191 Tortoise and Freshwater
Turtle Conservation
Sitha Som, Cambodia
$1,274 Inflatable Canoe
# 1192 Genetic Differences
Between Pirarucu Fish Populations
Silvia Vejarano Rivadeneira, Colombia
$730 GPS, Travel Funds
# 1193 Red Winged Tinamou
Density
Alejandro Gerardo Pietrek, Argentina
$263 GPS, Rangefinder
# 1194 Photo and Sound Survey
of Herpetofauna
Carlos Cesar Martinez, Ecuador
$1,490 Camcorder, GPS, Snake
Tong, Hip Waders
# 1195 Sound Guide to Tropical
Savanna Birds
Leonardo Esteves Lopes, Brazil
$630 Recorder, Microphone
# 1196 Peruvian Bird Guide
Tina Lerner, Peru
$872 Binoculars, Mist Nets, Laptop
Computer, Digital Camera, Wing
Rule
# 1197 Mountain Lion Seasonal
Diet Study
Carlos A. Delgado, Colombia
$845 Travel Expenses
# 1198 Leopard Ecology and
Conservation
Gabriele Cozzi, Botswana
$920 Radio Collars
# 1199 Environmental Education
Juan Ezequiel Copley, Costa Rica
$653 Digital Camera, CD Burner
# 1200 Effects of Habitat
Fragmentation on Black-Tailed
Prairie Dogs
Rafael Avila-Flores, Mexico
$867 Live Traps
# 1201 Jaguar Density Study
Leonardo Rodrigo Viana, Brazil
$1,701 GPS, Camera Traps
# 1202 Local Livelihood and
Forest Conservation
Vanessa A. S. Sequieira, Brazil
$490 GPS, Voice Recorder
# 1203 Effect of Water Quality on
Fish Reproduction
Alvaro Perdomo Sabogal, Colombia
$950 Camera, GPS
# 1204 Diversity and Abundance
of Lycaenidae Butterflies
Carlos Humberto Prieto, Colombia
$624 Temperature & Light Loggers
# 1205 Dynamics of Land Use
Manuela Vieira Pak, Colombia
$420 Used Laptop
# 1206 Photographic Database of
Amphibians and Reptiles
Arturo Munoz Saravia, Bolivia
$362 Digital Camera
# 1208 Dormice Distribution and
Conservation
Eliana Maria Sevianu, Romania
$823 Live Traps
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# 1207 Distribution and Travel
Patterns of Bearded Saki
Monkeys
Sarah Ann Boyle, Brazil
$418 GPS, Binoculars
# 1209 Sustainable Use of Fish
by Traditional Cultures
Rafael Cabrera Namora, Brazil
$405 Digital Balance
# 1210 Scarlet Macaw
Conservation
Christopher Vaughan, Costa Rica
$1,575 Radio Transmitters
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# 1212 Migratory Birds in the
Gibara Migratory Corridor
Ernesto Reyes Maurino, Caribbean
$551 Banding Pliers, Mist Nets
# 1213 Swainson's Hawk
Conservation
Jose Hernan Sarasola, Argentina
$606 Microcentrifuge, Power Inverter
# 1214 Caiman Conservation and
Education
Walter Servando Prado, Argentina
$565 Used Laptop, Thermometer
# 1215 Polimita Snail
Conservation and Education
Raul Matos Romero, Caribbean
$374 Posters, Coloring Books,
Crayons and Colored Pencils
# 1216 Ferns as Indicator Species
Julio Pavel Garcia, Caribbean
$680 Digital Camera, Used Laptop
# 1217 Butterfly Taxonomy
Roberto Polo Barreto, Peru
$636 Books
# 1218 Neotropical River Otter
Conservation
Livia de Almeida Rodrigues, Brazil
$450 Altimeter, GPS, Storage Bags,
Chest Waders
# 1219 Conservation of
Amazonian Manatee
Clarice Bassi, Brazil
$1,250 Radio Collars
# 1220 Breeding Ecology of
Wetland Birds
Alin David, Romania
$458 GPS, Spotting Scope, Digital
Camera
# 1221 Fish Field Guide
Claudia Pereira de Deus, Brazil
$847 Temperature and Rain Gauge,
Underwater Digital Camera
# 1222 Cipo Canestro
Conservation
Henrique Belfort Gomes, Brazil
$422 Weather Station, GPS
# 1223 Frog Monitoring and
Conservation
Mirza Dikari Kusrini, Indonesia
$1,318 Solar System
# 1224 Mongolian Species
Inventory
Brian Long, Mongolia
$910 Camera Traps
# 1225 Liana-Tree Dynamics
Agustina Malizia, Argentina
$433 Digital Camera & Accessories
# 1226 Scorpion Diversity Study
Paolo Ramoni Perazzi, Venezuela
$395 Digital Camera
# 1227 Phenology Patterns in an
Andean Forest
Margarita Mario Rios, Colombia
$424 Used Laptop
# 1228 Fern Ecology and
Taxonomy
Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Brazil
$1,103 Used Laptop, GPS, Calipers
# 1229 Field Guide of
Amphibians and Reptiles
Juan Carlos Chaparro-Auza, Peru
$641 Camera Lens, Headlight
# 1230 Porcelain Crabs of
Palawan
Roger Gasper Dolorosa, Philippines
$904 Travel Funds
# 1231 Reproductive Ecology of
Garlic Tree
Silvia Solis Madrigal, Costa Rica
$1,223 Camera Traps
# 1232 Ethiopan Wolf Genetics
Deborah Randall, Ethiopia
$616 Tents
# 1233 Butterfly Diversity
Rosina Segui, Uruguay
$254 Books, Digital Camera
# 1234 Green Sea Turtle
Conservation
Ana Cristina Vigliar, Brazil
$257 Digital Camera
# 1235 Community Managed
Sustainable Fisheries
Diego Andres Moreno, Colombia
$860 Used Laptop
# 1236 Crocodile Ecology
Bernard Tarun, Philippines
$800 Used Laptop, Video Camera,
Binoculars
# 1237 Ants of Western Ghats
Identification and Database
Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, India
$412 Used Laptop & Digital Camera
# 1238 Wading Bird Management
and Protection
Dennis Denis Avila, Caribbean
$312 Calipers, Digital Camera
# 1239 Conservation of the
Threatened Southern Horned
Curassow
Rodrigo W. Soria, Bolivia
$676 GPS, Binoculars, Misc.
# 1240 Impact of Human
Activities on Marine Otters
Gonzalo Medina Vogel, Chile
$1,035 Computer Software
# 1241 Humpback Whale
Breeding Patterns
Isabel Cristina Avila, Colombia
$612 Used Laptop
# 1242 Caribbean Biodiversity
Miguel Angel Abad, Caribbean
$267 Digital Camera
# 1243 Epidemiology of
Carnivores
Gerardo Alfredo Acosta, Chile
$641 Scent Lure, GPS, Travel
Funds
# 1244 Howler Monkey
Population Assessment
Ilaria Agostini, Argentina
$524 Binoculars, GPS, Notebook,
Navigation Devises
# 1245 Biodiversity Conservation
in the Western Ghats
Chinniah Paul Alaga, India
$397 Used Laptop
# 1246 Acoustic Alarms to
Protect Cetaceans from Gill Nets
Lucas de Almedia Alves, Brazil
$409 Used Laptop
# 1247 Kikuletwa River
Assessment
Hermegast Ambrose, Tanzania
$439 Used Laptop
# 1248 Use of Media in Uluguru
Mountain Counservation
Aligaesha Aminiel, Tanzania
$690 Used Laptop, Digital Camera
# 1249 Microhabitat Selection of
White-Lipped Peccary
Nereyda Estrada Andino, Costa Rica
$397 Used Laptop
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# 1211 UniversitArea Protegida
Michael Nickolas Waugh, Nicaragua
$705 Binoculars, Spotting Scope,
Digital Camera
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Denver Zoo 1260, 1268, 1271,
1275, 1285, 1288, 1315, 1343, 1348,
1363
Ecesis Foundation 1179, 1210,
1211, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216
Jim Quinlan 1191
JM Kaplan Fund 1200, 1249, 1251,
1254, 1265, 1273, 1276, 1284, 1286,
1292, 1298, 1316, 1318, 1321, 1342,
1347, 1358, 1361, 1370, 1376, 1377,
1378,1393
Louisville Zoological Garden 1382
Moore Family Foundation 1188,
1189, 1196, 1201, 1220, 1223, 1225,
1233, 1244, 1246, 1253, 1256, 1263,
1274, 1277, 1303, 1308, 1314, 1323,
1328, 1331, 1336, 1340, 1346, 1357,
1359, 1374
Swift Foundation 1182, 1184,
1199, 1221, 1222, 1224, 1227, 1243,
1248, 1261, 1264, 1266, 1267, 1269,
1278, 1279, 1283, 1287, 1289, 1290,
1293, 1295, 1301, 1302, 1307, 1309,
1311, 1312, 1317, 1319, 1325, 1327,
1333, 1334, 1341, 1349, 1352, 1362,
1364, 1366, 1367, 1369
Matt Unger 1301
The April Fund 1185, 1205, 1235,
1245, 1247, 1252, 1255, 1258, 1304,
1320, 1326, 1330, 1332, 1337, 1344,
1356, 1360, 1375
Youth For Biodiversity 1203,
1208, 1209, 1217, 1218, 1226, 1228,
1229, 1230, 1231, 1234, 1236, 1237,
1238, 1239, 1365
Numbers listed above correspond to
IDEA WILD Project numbers and
their representative sponsors.
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# 1252 Avifauna of Wetland
Habitats
Alvidon Ferrerira Asis, Philippines
$657 Digtal Camera, Used Laptop
# 1255 Conservation of Marine
Tucuxi Dolphin
Alexandre de Freitas Azevedo, Brazil
$321 GPS, Binoculars, Camera
# 1258 Epiphyte Conservation
Juan Carlos Benavidez, Colombia
$422 Magnifers, Tree Saddle,
GPS
# 1261 Effects of Habitat Loss
on Small Mammals in Brazil
Adriana de Arruda Bueno, Brazil
$798 Spring Scales, Head Lamp,
GPS, Compass, Ear Tags
# 1264 Genetic Variability
Spinner Dolphins
Ana Paula Cazerta, Brazil
$740 Travel Funds, Digital Camera
# 1267 Fish Adaptations to
Changing Environments
Diana Maria Cuartas, Colombia
$250 Scales, Digital Caliper
# 1250 Seed Dispersal by
Woolly Monkeys
Marcos Gonzalez Arango, Colombia
$485 Binoculars
# 1251 Secondary Forest
Diversity Study
Eduardo Murrieta Arevalo, Costa Rica
$547 Used Laptop, GPS
# 1253 Penshell Bivalves as
Pollution Monitors
Serge Aucoin, Dominican Republic
$1,188 Generator
# 1254 Palinology Reference
Collection
Carlos Enrique Avendano, Guatemala
$960 Microscope
# 1256 Natural History Museum
of Cusco Collection Database
Neri Fernandez Baca, Peru
$949 Computer, Digital Camera
# 1259 Effects of Environmental
Changes on Marine Invertebrates
Antonio Brante, Chile
$385 Used Laptop
# 1262 Effects of Plant
Defenses on Leaf Cutting Ants
and Their Fungus
Kathleen Burke, Suriname
$281 Digital Camera
# 1265 Leatherback Sea Turtle
Nesting Protection
Didiher Chacon-Chaverri, Costa Rica
$597 Tag Scanner
# 1268 Howler Monkey Census
Roberta Miranda de Araujo, Brazil
$335 Binoculars, Compasses,
Flagging tape
# 1257 Analysis of Fur Trapping
in Argentina
Francisco Barbaran, Argentina
$809 Used Laptop, Digital Camera
# 1260 Bat Diversity and
Ecology
Adriana Bravo, Peru
$578 Mist Nets
# 1263 Electroreception of
Catfishes in Eduador
Erika Paulina Carrera, Ecuador
$932 Catfish Traps, Video, Used
Laptop
# 1266 Nutritional Ecology of
Ungulates
Igor Preifer Coelho, Brazil
$110 Camera
# 1269 Overstory and
Understory Tree Dynamics
Flaviana Maluf de Souza, Brazil
$311 Binoculars, Digital Camera
# 1270 Giant Anteater Morbidity,
Mortality and Disease Transmission
Danilo Kluyber de Souza, Brazil
$1,187 Digital Camera,
Immobilization Pistol, Binoculars
# 1271 Jaguar Population
Study
Lara Denapole, Argentina
$891 GPS system,
Digital camera, Compass
#1272 Field Guide of Amphibians
of Caribbean
Antonio Cadiz Diaz, Caribbean
$439 Used Laptop, CD Burner,
Backpack, Thermohygrometer
# 1273 Impact of Fragmentation on Tropical Birds
Gerardo Diaz, Costa Rica
$510 Headlamp, Digital Camera,
GPS
# 1274 Fishing Behavior of
Estuarine Dolphins
Camila Domit, Brazil
$343 Used Laptop
# 1275 Conservation of the
Calayan Rail
Carmela Espanola, Philippines
$254 GPS
# 1276 Jaguar Diet and Prey
Selection
Christian Estrada, Guatemala
$409 Used Laptop
# 1277 Bird Inventory
Luciene de Paula Faria, Brazil
$635 Recording Equipment, Mist
Nets
#1278 Environmental Education
Bianca da Silva Ferreira, Brazil
$373 Digial camera &Accessories
# 1279 Cultural Significance of
Reptiles and Amphibians
Anisa Fitri, Indonesia
$284 Camera Lens
# 1280 Environmental Impacts
of Roads in Rainforests
Leonardo Colombo Fleck, Brazil
$674 Used Laptop
# 1281 Niche Partitioning of
Caribbean Lizards
Ansel Fong, Caribbean
$384 Weather Station, Misc.
# 1282 Herpetofauna
Conservation
Feri Irawan, Indonesia
$675 Used Laptop, Headlamp,
Binoculars, GPS
# 1283 Calls of Neotropical
Bird Species
Angela Midori Furuya, Brazil
$525 Digital Camera & Accessories
# 1284 Avifauna Collection
Main tenance
Brenda Chavez Galvez, Guatemala
$461 Used Laptop
# 1285 Ecology of Three New
Frog Species in Colombia
Juan Carlos Garcia, Colombia
$796 Digital Camera, Travel
Expenses
# 1286 Rolled-Leaf Beetle
Ecology
Carlos Garcia-Robledo, Costa Rica
$454 Used Laptop
# 1287 Fire-Induced Plants of
Patagonia
Luciana Ghermandi, Argentina
$107 GPS
# 1288 Andean Bear
Distribution and Habitat Use
Edgar Ignacio Gomez, Colombia
$450 GPS, Stove, Digital Camera
with Accessories
# 1289 Golden-Headed Lion
Tamarin Conservation
Carlos Eduardo Guidorizzi, Brazil
$795 Waterproof Binoculars, GPS
# 1290 Effects of Climate
Warming on Endemic Flora
Leonardo Hernandez, Venezuela
$798 GPS, Binoculars, Flagging
Tape, Digital Camera
# 1291 Stream Biomonitoring
in Talamanca
Maribel Mafla Herrera, Costa Rica
$528 Water Testing Equipment
# 1292 Mangrove Hummingbird
Conservation
Danny Valle Hidalgo, Costa Rica
$641 Binoculars, Spotting Scope,
Clinometer
# 1293 Gray-Backed Tachuri
Study
Diego Hoffmann, Brazil
$334 Microphone, Recorder,
Weather Tracker, Nets
# 1294 Ecology of Wildlife in
Caicara Agricultural Areas
Adriana Maria Imperador, Brazil
$464 Used Laptop
# 1295 Population Analysis of
Howler Monkeys
Bianca Ingberman, Brazil
$333 Rangefinder Binoculars,
GPS, Notebook, Flagging
# 1296 South Sumatran
Waterbird Survey
M. Iqbal, Indonesia
$622 Spotting Scope
# 1298 Scalloped Hammerhead
Shark Study
Eva Faride Isaak, Costa Rica
$224 Computer Motherboard
# 1299 Effects of Land Use on
Biodiversity
Andrea Elisa Izquierdo, Argentina
$503 Used Laptop
#1300 Population Study of the
Endangered Collared Crescentchest
Mieko Ferreira Kanegae, Brazil
$704 Leg Bands, Caliper, Pesola
Scales
6 BIODIVERSITY / SUMMER 2006
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# 1301 Sounds of the Brazilian
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$1,356 Recording Equipment
# 1302 Carnivore Management
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Krithi K Karanth, India
$804 Two GPS Units, PC Cable
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# 1303 Mammal Diversity Survey
Gita Kasthala, Brazil
$719 Camera Traps, Film
# 1304 Conservation of
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Ryan James Kelley, Madagascar
$999 LCD Projector
# 1305 Niau Kingfisher Study
Dylan Kesler, French Polynesia
$464 Used Laptop
# 1306 The Borneo Project
Jennifer Lawrence, Malaysia
$1,539 Solar Panel
# 1307 Seed Dispersal Analysis
Andrea Patricia Loayza, Bolivia
$158 Binoculars
# 1308 Bottlenose Dolphin
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Liliane Ferreira Lodi, Brazil
$544 Digital Video Camera
# 1309 Antbird & Antpitta
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Giannina Lopez, Colombia
$1,552 Recording Equipment, Mist
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# 1310 Monkeyflower Study
Oscar Humberto Marin, Colombia
$538 Mist Nets, Calipers, Digital
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# 1311 Mozambican Manta Ray
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Andrea Marshall, Mozambique
$1,361 Acoustic Telemetry
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#1312 Plant and Animal Survey of
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Alexandre de Matos Martins, Brazil
$312 Camera & Accessories
# 1313 Albertine Rift River Fish
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Mulonga Mbalassa, Congo
$451 Used Laptop
# 1314 Bats Diversity and
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Carmen Yineth Medina, Panama
$1,100 Mist Nets, Digital Camera
# 1315 Avian Conservation
Douglas Melchiors, Brazil
$601 Mist Nets, Headlamp, Wing
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# 1316 Conservation Status of
Porcupines in Mexico
Yasmin Mendoza, Mexico
$1,021 Radio Telemetry
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# 1317 Green Sea Turtle
Conservation
Maria Montiel-Villalobos, Venezuela
$457 GPS, Digital Camera and
Accessories, Memory Stick
# 1318 Mata Redonda Lagoon
Bird Conservation
Max Chaves Morales, Costa Rica
$296 Spotting Scope, Tripod,
Binoculars, Waterproof Notebooks
# 1319 Crab-Eating Fox and
Hoary Fox Ecology
Diego Queirolo Morato, Brazil
$864 GPS, Walkie Talkies, Video
Camera, Cordless Light, Misc.
# 1320 Hawkmoth PlantPollinator Dynamics
Marcela More, Argentina
$1,142 Refractometer,
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# 1321 Columnar Cacti
Reproduction
Miguel Angel Mungula, Mexico
$397 Camera
# 1322 Feeding Ecology of Sea
Turtles
Shany Mayumi Nagaoka, Brazil
$552 Used Laptop
# 1323 Fish Ecology and
By-Catch Evaluation
Rafael Cabrera Namora, Brazil
$1,116 GPS, Digital Camera,
Measurement Tools
# 1324 South American Sea
Lion Conservation
Micaela Trimble Nunez, Uruguay
$243 Digital Camera, Binoculars,
Voice Recorder, Misc.
# 1325 Scorpion Diversity
Study
Andres Ojanguren, Argentina
$472 GPS, Field Microscope,
Digital Camera
# 1326 Ecology of Santa Marta
Parakeet
Hugo Armando Oliveros, Colombia
$632 GPS
# 1327 Plant Dispersion and
Pollination by Bats
Richard Cadenillas Ordinola, Peru
$390 Mist Nets, Halogen Bulbs
# 1328 Effects of Tourism on
Bird Populations
Paul E. Oviedo, Costa Rica
$396 Rangefinder, Lux Meter,
GPS
# 1329 Caribbean Wildlife Art Group
for Conservation and Study of Birds
Nils Navarro Pacheco, Caribbean
$538 Digital Camera
#1330 Freshwater Turtle Ecology
Erica Cristina Padovani, Brazil
$294 GPS, Navigation Tools,
Antenna
#1331 Foraging Ecology of
Bulbuls
Ruhyat Partasasmita, Indonesia
$454 GPS, Monocular, Mistnets
# 1332 Genetic Diversity of
Mountain Tapir Populations
Carlos Penalosa, Colombia
$780 GPS, Computer, Telephoto
Lens
# 1333 Carnivore Study
Monica Valeria Pia, Argentina
$970 Camera Tracker, GPS
# 1334 Unprotected Forest
Management Guidelines
Natalia Politi, Argentina
$1,056 Camera Equipment
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# 1335 Primate Conservation
Carlos Alonso Portillo, Venezuela
$439 Laptop, Misc Computer Parts
# 1336 Rehabilitation of
Degraded Coral Reefs
Nguyen Van Quan, Vietnam
$324 Books
# 1337 Population Dynamics of
Palm Species
Rita de Cassia Quitete, Brazil
$450 GPS, Measurement Tools
# 1338 Capuchin Monkey
Conservation
Patricio Ramirez-Llorens, Argentina
$1,469 Binoculars, Portable
Recorder, Digital Player
# 1339 Threatened Bird
Educational Outreach
Juan Carlos Ramon, Caribbean
$981 Digital Camera, Binoculars
# 1340 Wintering Ecology of
Bobolinks in Bolivia
Rosalind Renfrew, Bolivia
$826 Mist Nets
# 1341 Bird Communities in
Transformed Landscapes
Augusto Antonio Repizzo, Colombia
$1,173 GPS, Mist Nets, Spring
Scales, Calipers, Weather Meter
# 1342 Mangrove Forest
Evaluation
Miguel Angel Reyes, Mexico
$656 Water Quality Meter,
Weather Station, Clinometer
# 1343 Ecology of Southern
River Otter
Renato Luis-Goetz Reyes, Chile
$438 Computer Software
# 1344 Spatial Ecology of
Mistletoe
Antonio Andres Rivera, Chile
$422 Digital Camera &
Accessories
# 1345 Environmental Education
Iliana Rodriguez, Caribbean
$337 Digital Camera and Accessories
# 1346 Sustainable Use of
Traditional Plants
Maria del Pilar Rodriguez, Colombia
$367 Digiatal Camera &
Accessories
# 1347 Evaluation of Biological
Corridors for Jaguars
Ronit Amit Rojas, Costa Rica
$499 GPS, Antenna, Digital Camera
# 1348 African Wild Dog Study
Stephanie S. Romanach, Zimbabwe
$448 Digital Camcorder
#1349 Molecular Technique
Training for Wildlife Conservationists
Fabian Sanchez, Costa Rica
$936 Funds for Laboratory
Supplies
# 1350 Antillean Manatee
Conservation and Research
Jose Antonio Santos, Caribbean
$770 Used Laptop
# 1351 Genetics of Andean
Tapirs
Javier Adolfo Sarria, Colombia
$424 Camera Traps, Binoculars,
Used Laptop, PC Cable
# 1352 Central Javan Leaf
Monkey Conservation
Arif Setiawan, Indonesia
$411 Range Finder, Binoculars,
Tent, Digital Camera
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# 1353 Ecology of Black-Fronted Titi Monkey
Fernanda Zimbres Silva, Brazil
$476 Used Laptop
# 1354 Species Composition of Beetles
Palatty Allesh Sinu, India
$540 Used Laptop, GPS, Binoculars
# 1355 Raptor Conservation
Wishnu Sukmantoro, Indonesia
$909 Spotting Scopes, Binoculars
# 1356 Conservation Biology Training
Dedi Pehdet Suyadi, Indonesia
$1,230 Used Laptop, Projector
# 1357 Snow Leopard Predation on Livestock
Kamal Thapa, Nepal
$323 GPS, Spotting Scope
# 1358 Large Mammal Survey in
Fragmented Forests
Daniel Harry Thornton, Guatemala
$734 Camera
# 1359 Biodiversity Photo Library
Denis Alexander Torres, Venezuela
$854 Digital Camera & Accessories
# 1360 Behavioral Ecology of Audubon's Shearwaters
Neville Anthony Trimm, Jr., Bahamas
$782 Binoculars, GPS, Notebook, Navigation Devises
# 1361 Seed Dispersal by Bats in Tropical
Fragmented Habitats
Salvador Lou Vega, Guatemala
$425 Mist Nets, Balance
# 1362 Ecology and Conservation of Urban Bees
Rita Isabel Velez, Colombia
$458 GPS, Hygrothermometer, Light Meter, Misc.
# 1363 Effects of Fragmentation on Andean Bears
Ximena Vilez-Liendo, Bolivia
$458 GPS, Binoculars with Digital Camera
CONTINUED from PAGE 10
ates of this department during the last decade
received funding from IDEA WILD for their projects. I could not have anticipated the wealth of
experiences gleaned from the conference. We
got to interact with a range of people from faculty
members like Chris Vaughan who is working to
protect scarlet macaws, doctoral candidates like
Florencia Trama whose work involves wetlands
conservation, and even new students like Eva
Faride-Isaak, who is studying sea turtles as part
of her master’s thesis.
The researchers gave the IDEA WILD
donation program overwhelmingly positive feedback. Most recipients indicated that the equipment was critical to their research, served them
well, and that they had donated or shared the
equipment with other researchers after they completed their project. A few of the researchers indicated that they had problems with their laptops,
and we used this information to upgrade to a
newer, faster generation of laptops.
Not only did we get to meet these amazing conservationists and learn about their projects, we also traveled with a group of master’s
students to an ecotourism operation in the rainforests of the Tenorio Volcano for a student project. The jungle pulsed with life-forms I’d only
read about in books. Late one afternoon, a coral
snake slithered by in the shadows of the earthen
floor while howler monkeys made their haunting
chorus in the canopy high overhead. We hiked to
an alpine crater lake created by an ancient eruption, and marveled at a mountain river that turns
light blue as it passes through a natural hot
spring. The people and place proved to be endearing, and we were sad to leave after an amazing visit. Meeting these researchers and experiencing the intense landscape and wildlife within it
gave me a deeper appreciation for the tropical
biodiversity that we are trying to protect and a
renewed sense of purpose as we try to help
these scientists save these biodiversity hotspots.
8 BIODIVERSITY / SUMMER 2006
# 1364 Identification Guide for Species of
Genus Escallonia
Felipe Zapata, Brazil
$541 GPS, Digital Camera, Calipers, Hand Pruners
# 1365 Biology of Sarcorhachis Vine
Tatiana Arias-Garzon, Costa Rica
$216 Climbing Equipment
# 1366 Bolivian Swallow-Tailed Cotinga Study
Veronica del Rosario Avalos, Bolivia
$412 Binoculars, GPS
# 1379 Wildlife Survey
M. Yazid, Indonesia
$330 Binoculars, Headlamp, Camera
# 1380 Psychidae Moth Survey
Rayner Nunez Aguila, Caribbean
$907 Used Laptop, Backpack, Collecting Equipment
# 1381 Wildlife Management
Miguel Angel Abad, Caribbean
$420 Used Laptop
# 1367 Andean Condor Monitoring
Sandra Milena Duran, Colombia
$1,549 Six Pairs of Binoculars, Two GPS Units
#1382 Foraging Efficiency of Northern
Muriqui Monkeys
Italo Martins da Costa, Brazil
$548 GPS, Navigation Equipment, Binoculars
# 1368 Phylogeography of Fresh Water Sting Rays
Renata Guimaraes Frederico, Brazil
$488 Used Laptop
# 1383 Black Lion Tamarin Conservation
Cristiana Saddy Martins, Brazil
$1,301 Telemetry Equipment
# 1369 Orchids of Yanachaga-Chemillen
National Park
Edwin Becerra Gonzalez, Peru
$443 Digital Camera
# 1384 Jaguar Population Dynamics
Laury Cullen, Brazil
$11,109 Ultrasound, Generator
# 1370 Tapir Study
Elsa Georgina O'Farrill, Mexico
$525 Binoculars, GPS, Pocket Magnifier, Misc.
# 1371 Conservation Status of Bottlenose Dolphins
Sergio Cobarrubia Russo, Venezuela
$360 GPS, Used Camera
# 1372 Population Dynamics of Corals
Adriana Humanes Schumann, Venezuela
$699 SCUBA Equipment and Data Loggers
# 1373 Digital Catalog of Caribbean Insects
Laura Rodriguez-Loeches, Caribbean
$220 Digital Camera
# 1374 Effects of Deforestation on Stream
Fish Communities
Rafael Pereira Leitao, Brazil
$1,750 Laptop
# 1375 Environmental Guide for La Meseta Forests
TANTA, Colombia
$329 GPS, Digital Camera
# 1376 Sustainable Use of Palms
Mauricio Fernandez Otarola, Costa Rica
$784 GPS, Camera, Rangefinder
# 1377 Distribution and Abundance of the
Bottlenose Dolphin
Lorena Viloria Gomora, Mexico
$335 Used Camera
# 1378 Lipkin Habitat Use and Conservation
Natalia Corrales Gomez, Costa Rica
$327 Spotting Scope, Tripod, Misc.
# 1385 Jaguar and Puma Conservation
Carlos Esteban Payan, Colombia
$562 Camera Traps
# 1386 Phenology of Palms
Julieta Genini, Brazil
$586 Binoculars, Digital Camera, GPS, Misc.
# 1387 Capuchin Monkey Ecology
Bernardo Urbani, Costa Rica
$1,555 Binoculars, Tree Tags, Two-Way Radios, Misc.
# 1388 St. Vincent's Parrot Conservation
St. Vincent Forestry Department, St. Vincent
$1,289 Two-Way Radios, Binoculars, Misc.
# 1389 Biodiversity Conservation
Craig Turner, Malaysia
$835 Digital Cameras
# 1390 Red-Billed Curassow Conservation
Daniel Augusto Ferreira, Brazil
$250 Binoculars, GPS, Compass
# 1391 Herpetofauna Survey
Daniel Alexander Ardila, Colombia
$1,305 Stereomicroscope, Pesola Scales, Caliper, Misc.
# 1392 Chrysomelid Beetle Study
Flavia Nogueira, Brazil
$436 Temperature Logger, Bug Traps, Forceps, Misc.
# 1393 Environmental Education Program
Jessica Sheffield Zamora, Costa Rica
$499 Water Monitoring Kit, Leaf Pack Experiments Kit,
Educational Materials
A List of Generous Donors (Continued from PAGE 10)
(List Reflects Donations Made From November 1, 2004 to October 31, 2005)
Merchen, Burton W Merical, Sid Merritt, Joseph & Carolyn Meyer, Pat Meyer, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Meyers,
Kathleen L Mikolasy, Shirley & Robert Miller, J Mills,
Milwaukee Zoo Pride, Linda Mitchell, Marsha Mittman,
Kimberly Moore, Moore Family Foundation, Jami Morgan, James Moriarty, Laura Moriarty, Heather Morijah,
Chan & Mary Jane Mortimer, Mary Morton, Cheryl
Mousel, Kevin J & Dawn C Mular, Lisa Muncy, Wendy
& Shayna Nashelsky, Mike & Lori Nealley, Lisa Neilsen,
Joyce Elaine Nielsen, James & Barbara Nolan, Al Notter,
Olin Oedekoven, John O'Hearne, Shari & Katherine
O'Keefe, James & Susan Olivo, Jeffrey & Lanette Olson,
Virginia Olson, Gertrude Olson-Engle, Hope O'Quin,
Gunter Orband, Robert & Phyllis Ottis, Robert Paulson,
Dan Pavel, Lisa Pavin, Shylah Peck, Dorothy Pellegrino,
Cherilyn Sackal & Jon Pem, Lori & Doug Peterson,
Stephanie Lien & David Peterson, Brad & Marty Phillips, Deanna Pinder, Linda Pocernich, Katherine Porter,
Lee Porter, Mary Pridgen, Jim & Nan Quinlan, Rich Rainer, Jerry & Sandy Ravenscroft, Rich Reading, Faye
Robinowitz, Nancy Robinson, Susanne Robinson, Susan
Rombach, Debra Rosenhagen, Chad & Shawna Roth,
Renee Rumrill, Joanna Ryan, Randy & Cassia Rye, S W,
Inc., Crystal & Jerry Sailer, Carole Salman, Tim & Linda
Sanders, David & Linda Sandvik, Roy Sante, Stacey &
Bob Scarlett, Roger Schat, Lindsey Schmidt, Loren &
Delores Schock, Noel Schroeder, Pam Schroeder, Forrest
Schrupp, Deborah Schultz, Eula Schultz, Jim Schultz,
Justine Schumacher, Todd & Colleen Schweiger,
Deeborah Scripps, Amy Sebby, David Fanning & Carol
Seemueller, Kimberly Shannon, John Shepard, Trevor
Smith, Mary Snortland, Barbara Sobotik, Juley Sobson,
Sarah Sogan, Diane Spoljoric, Alexander Stansbury,
Linda Stayton, Sally Steckler, John & Bonnie Stegner,
Jane Stern, Tim & Karen Sutton, Rebecca Svalstad, Dan
& Ila Svingen, John & Kirsten Swift, Swift Foundation,
Thomas Tabuchi, Telco Federal Credit Union, Robert
Thielen, Ashley Thirstrup, Jerry Thirstrup, Steven Thomas, Robert & Betty Tobey, Margaret Toomey, Vic Toscana, John & Rosie Triantis, Suzanne Trzos, Dawna
Tsitrian, Tulsa Zoo Friends, Bruce & Mavis Ude, Mark
Unger, Matt Unger, Mark Vallejos, Joe Vallette, Bob &
Barbara Van Norman, Kory & Traci & London Van
Sickle, Rose Van Sickle, Wally & Doreen Van Sickle,
Wally & Joni Van Sickle, Karen Vesely, Amy Voyles,
Nicole Vulean, June Wagner, Patricia Wall, Ted &
Patricia Wasson, Cindy Weaver, Rich Weaver, Laurie &
Kevin Weiland, Richard E & Marcia Jane Weizenegger,
Anthony Welchynski, Faith Wendt, Ed & Susan Whillock, Tom & Summer & Sophia Whillock, Schelli Whitehouse, Terry Whiting, Jill Wieder, Lorie A Williams, D.
Arthur & Lisa Wilson, Marion & Bob Wyatt, Irene Yaccino, Shelly Yahara, Michelle Bespalets & JB Young,
Roy Young, Jim Huff & Liz Young-Huff, Hayat
Younoszai, Barbara Thirstrup Zar & David Zar, David &
Dorothy Zellmer, Michael & Diane Ziering, Lucy Zimmerman, Troy & Joleen Zoller, Natalie Zuckerman
Contributors to the Benefit Auction were listed in
the 2005 auction brochure. We thank you once
again for your generosity!
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