Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: maggieblue on May 21, 2009, 11:40 ---I don't know how it works in State government in the U.S., but I would be surprised if fundraising was a part of the equation. I have never seen any fundraising requests on this site, and when the webcam computer needed to be replaced Donna Daniels talked about the challenges with the government budget. Private funding didn't appear to be an option. When I worked for a provincial government it was not possible for government departments to accept any funding from individuals or businesses. It appears to me to be more of a PR event and an attempt to involve the school children.
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I agree, more of a PR event. Our Project is a registered charity for exactly the reason MaggieBlue states, as a provincial government activity, they couldn't apply for funding for special projects or accept donations. We can as a charity but there is alot of work involved in running a charity so the trade-off sometimes is surprisingly even.
Linder:
Hi, missed the banding. Do they have a video of this?
allikat:
Just a took a look at the nestbox...
Chicks are sleeping at the back of the box.
Mom is keeping a very watchful eye out right now..but all will be calm soon.
Pchemist:
getting government funds in the US is a matter of fundraising of a different sort. You build advocacy in a key constituency, those folks lean on their elected officials, and funds flow.
Pchemist:
I'm still going to leave it to the folks who run the project to decide. They clearly do this because they love the birds (no one is geting rich or famous here). Plus, it would be stunningly bad PR to kill the chicks in the process of banding them.
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