The UW Center for Conservation Biology’s mission is to develop and apply non-invasive field, lab, and analytical methods to address pressing conservation problems worldwide. Our comprehensive and non-invasive wildlife detection, monitoring, and forensics methods are helping protect numerous threatened and endangered species around the world.
We would not be as successful as we are without the generous support of private donors
Click here to make a gift online.
Your support for the Center for Conservation Biology allows us to:
- Subsidize our work on critical conservation projects with limited funding
- Analyze ivory seizures from countries with limited resources
- Develop new dog, lab, and field applications
- Rescue and train more dogs to be Conservation Canines
- Optimize methods for unique threatened and endangered species
- Sustain our Center between projects
- Capacity-build by educating other conservation workers around the world to utilize our non-invasive methods and scat detection dogs.
If you prefer mail your gift to us, please send it to the following address:
The Center for Conservation Biology
University of Washington
Box 351800
Seattle, WA 98195
If you have any questions about making a donation, or if you would like to give a gift in-kind of equipment or supplies, please contact Sam Wasser at 206-543-1669 or wassers@uw.edu or Natalie Hisdahl at 206-685-2185 or nhisdahl@uw.edu.
Here are some items that your donation may support in our Center:
| Help measure the impacts of human disturbance on wildlife | |
|---|---|
| $25 | Extract and amplify DNA from 1 animal scat to determine the animal’s gender |
| $50 | Extract and amplify DNA from 1 animal scat to determine the animal’s individual identity and gender |
| $50 | Extract and measure a stress, nutrition, or reproductive hormone from 1 animal scat |
| $150 | Extract and amplify DNA from 1 animal scat to determine species, gender, and individual identity and extract and measure hormones to determine stress, nutrition, and reproductive status |
| Help combat the illegal trade of elephant ivory | |
| $100 | Extract and amplify DNA from 1 ivory sample to determine its geographic origin |
| $150 | Extract and amplify DNA to genotype 1 reference elephant dung sample |
| $500 | Extract and amplify DNA from 5 ivory samples to determine their geographic origin |
| $1,000 | Extract and amplify DNA from 10 ivory samples to determine their geographic origin |
| Help support our Conservation Canine Program | |
| $10 | 1 dog blanket |
| $60 | 1 bone for each dog – important for healthy teeth! |
| $65 | Semi-annual vet check-up for 1 dog |
| $100 | Springtime Inc Products for dog health (including Longevity, Garlic bug off & Joint health supplements) |
| $205 | Feed our dogs for 1 week |
| $820 | Feed our dogs for 1 month |
| $1,500 | Support a dog at our Pack Forest training facility for 1 month |
| $3,000 | Support a dog in the field for 1 month |
| Help increase laboratory efficiency and throughput | |
| $1,500 | Expandable multi-channel pipette |
| $2,000 | Microcentrifuge |
| $7,500 | Thermocycler for DNA amplification |
| $15,000 | Automated 96-well pipetting instrument |
| $30,000 | HPLC toxin and hormone detection system |
| $100,000 | Automated DNA sequencing instrument |
| Help support Research and Development | |
| $5,000 | Develop and validate new hormone measures |
| $5,000 | Test a Conservation Canine’s ability to detect a novel substance (e.g., new toxin, diseased vegetation, gender of target species, etc.) |
Questions? Please contact Sam Wasser at 206-543-1669 or wassers@uw.edu or Natalie Hisdahl at 206-685-2185 or nhisdahl@uw.edu.
Thank you! We greatly appreciate your support!