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Hello, I'm Shannon!

Conservation Researcher trying to raise awareness & funding for wildlife

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Support Wildlife in Europe

Petition to stop whaling in Iceland
Donate | Rewilding Europe (General donation, support special funds or choose specific species)
Donate - Trees for Life (Alan's Nonprofit to help save the wild Caledonian forest)
🛳️For my Ocean Goers: THE OCEAN CLEANUP makes the biggest dent in Ocean Pollution. (I donate monthly)

🐻For my Alaska/Tongass Friends 🫎

SalmonState is an NGO focused on SE Alaska, salmon, & people
Sustainable Southeast Partnership, Indigenous Led
Adopt a Marmot
Donate/Support SEACC: Advocating for the Tongass & Inside Passage since 1970
Fund Sea Otters! (I personally know the manager of this fund with WildNet, she will do all she can for them!)
"EarthJustice" b/c the Earth Needs a Good Lawyer (They are fighting for Tongass)
Take Action to Protect America's Arctic @ protectthearctic.org
Follow Southeast Alaska Conservation Council on Facebook - They are doing amazing things for Tongass
Invest in Alaska Stewardship with Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition (In kind! support too)

Organizations suffering Deep 2025 Budget Cuts

Most IFAW's Combatting Wildlife Crime Projects have been cut in 2025
African Wildlife Foundation lost funding across 7+ countries protecting elephants, rhinos and other species
Wildlife Conservation Society manages HIGH Impact Global Conservation Projects, I personally donate to them monthly.
Endangered Wildlife Trust lost $1.2m for its projects combating rhino poaching & monitoring threatened vultures
All funding for ecoguards and rangers was lost in 2025 - Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia
Nature and Culture International lost more than $2million for conservation in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes in 2025
The Navigation Fund is trying to re-establish contact w 600 former USAID employees, contractors & grantees in 65 countries.
Navigation Fund is matching de-funded conservation projects w/ private & public funders able to support them.

Support the Weird & Ugly Species

This button will help save plants, snails, and insects in Hawaii (I know the people behind this button - I donate!)
Help save the Union Island geckos (& tarantulas) with "Fauna & Flora"
Fund Invertebrate Conservation with "XERCES SOCIETY"
Fund research on lesser-known species through "MONITOR"
Support weird and ugly species through the "EDGE of EXISTENCE Program"

Support the Amazon & South America

RAINFOREST TRUST | 100% of donations to conservation action (staff costs are covered elsewhere).
AMAZON FRONTLINES (Great financial tracking)
Support Rainforests, Wildlife, Indigenous Rights, Climate with "AMAZON WATCH" (Another org I personally donate to)

Support Hawaiʻi Wildlife: the Endangered Species Capt’l of the World

This button will help save plants, snails, and insects in Hawaii (I donate here!)
PROTECT HAWAIIAN BIRDS
Support Hawaii's Plant Extinction Prevention Program
Support Hawaii's Coral Reefs

US-Based Friends:

BUY postage stamps! All profits go to programs I've helped evaluate and feel comfortable telling you to support.
ADVOCACY TOOLKIT: provides guidance on many ways to support wildlife (National Wildlife Federation)
EASILY SEND LETTERS for wildife with National Wildlife Federation Action Fund
FUND Wildlife Legislation Protection with "Center for Biological Diversity"
SIGN Petitions for Wildlife with Center for Biodiversity
CREATE a wildlife-friendly garden space & NWF will make it a Certified Wildlife Habitat®.
I wrote Letter & Script templates for you to use if you want to write/call your representative about wildlife
SHOW UP: Find congressional events across the country, Advocate for Biodiversity
EMAIL: This Link Finds All of Your Legislators (Super Easy), talk about biodiversity protection
IN KIND SUPPORT: Join campaigns with "Defenders of Wildlife" to stand up for wildlife
WRITE the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, serving as the United States’ delegation to the United Nations.

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Sign Petitions ✍🏽

Protect Antarctica: Sign to Secure the Largest Act of Ocean Protection in History
Sign for a Global Plastics Treaty
Sign to Change the Fashion Industry

Download My Research Papers

My Research on the Tarantula Trade
My Illegal Wildlife Trade Paper
My Assisted Colonization in Hawaii Paper
An Article I Wrote on my Conservation Evidence Work
An Article on my Research: What Happens to Confiscated Animals? • The Revelator
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