The Skaggs Foundation supports programs to protect threatened areas and species, education programs (particularly those directed towards youth), and collaborative organizations active in the field of ecological concerns. The following are brief descriptions of 2005 Environment & Ecology Grants.

[The links on the lower left take you to archived Environment grants.]


Clapperstick Institute, Berkeley, California
Grant to assist in publication of a comprehensive field guide to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Foothills. The field guide will cover species of birds, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, fish and mollusks. Insects, butterflies and moths, fungi, lichen, trees, shrubs and wildflowers will also be presented. The guide will also include weather (cloud types and seasonal patterns), geology and stars. The guide will be 320 pages long, compact and fit easily into a backpack.
           $5,000.00

National Audubon Society, Alaska Chapter, Anchorage, Alaska
Further grant to support Arctic Nesting Snow Goose Calendar Project wherein contests are held through Eskimo and Indian schools in Alaska to teach conservation and preservation of the arctic goose and to protect their nesting grounds. This grant is a continuation of very successful prior grants.
           $5,000.00

Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California
Further support for Reproductive Physiology programs being conducted at the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species. The Center is the premier location in the United States for the study of endangered species and steps necessary to ensure their survival and has been supported by the Foundation for many years. This project is to determine the precise time of ovulation which is essential for timed mating artificial insemination which requires introduction of a male to a female only at the most fertile moment to reduce aggression between animals (especially in animals like the clouded leopards) and to prevent solitary females (e.g. cheetahs who do not cycle if housed with males) from terminating the ovulation process.
           $5,000.00

TOTAL:  $15,000.00