Funding the Hudson Bay Project

Funding the Work

arctic travel Costs of the ecological research and environmental monitoring undertaken by the Hudson Bay Project are high. Part of the expense is related to monitoring ecosystem interactions along nearly 2000 kilometers of Hudson and James Bay coast. This involves not only high logistic costs involved with transportation and accommodation but also the expense of sophisticated LANDSAT imagery and technology. The costs of local intensive studies, such as those at our La Pérouse Bay site, are also high since supplies and food must be brought from the south and moved over frozen land or by helicopter to the remote sites which must be self-sufficient for 10 to 12 weeks. Detailed surveys and monitoring in the vicinity of these sites also require expensive helicopter support. We have no single source of funding for this work. Rather, it is supported in partnership with a number of agencies and groups who provide contracts, donations and grants to either specific members of the Hudson Bay Project or to the group as a whole. In addition, we are often assisted by talented individuals who donate their time and energies to our efforts.

Government support of ecological research is not keeping pace with either the need for nor the expense of that research. To facilitate raising funds for our work, we formed the Hudson Bay Project Corporation. The mission of the corporation is to: 1) perform research in partnership with the Hudson Bay Project; 2) advise national, regional and local agencies on conservation and management strategies related to burgeoning goose populations and attendant trophic cascades; 3) raise funds and acquire equipment in support of these activities.

The Hudson Bay Project Corporation is a non-profit, charitable organization under section 501c3 of the IRS tax code. As such, individuals, organizations, foundations or corporations are entitled to deductions from US taxes for donations of funds or equipment. Interested parties should contact: RF Rockwell, Ornithology Department, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192 or email:rfr@amnh.org