Vermont biologist and forester Sue Morse is in the process of writng a "BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION HANDBOOK"..............Sue is known across the Country for her KEEPING TRACK PROGRAM which monitors potential habitats and threatened regions - systematically searching for and recording evidence of use by “focal species” over multiple years - citizens can obtain the information needed to make informed decisions about wildlife habitat stewardship...........For over 20 years, KEEPING TRACK has taught people how to find and conserve the dwindling amount of safe wildlife habitat still to be found across the continent...........Sues' new book will provide tips and techniques once available only through her Keeping Track field workshops for protecting wildlife habitat..............I urge you to help Sue get this book published by DONATING NOW by clicking on the link below

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Keeping Track®

A guidebook to habitat conservation

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Created May 7, 2018

Susan Morse 

  Animals  RICHMOND, VT

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Please help us complete a book aimed at inspiring and guiding thousands more wildlife conservation projects across North America 
For over 20 years, Keeping Track has taught people how to find and conserve the dwindling amount of safe wildlife habitat to be found across the continent

Tips and techniques once available only through Sue's Keeping Track field workshops will be covered in the book for thousands more people to use in protecting habitat(picture of a wildlife highway underpass by Sue Morse; KEEPING TRACK)

So far, our non-profit's training programs have led to the protection of more than 40,000 acres of land where animals can live, feed and reproduce.Now we're on the verge of ramping up that concept– and multiplying its impact a thousand-fold or more. With a book uniquely written to show anyone how to protect habitats for more than 40 species

.The book's author is Susan Morse, Keeping Track’s founder and science director.  Sue is a renowned naturalist, wildlife tracker, photographer, forester, public speaker and author. She’s put years of research into this book, much of it conducted during her spare time. 

Princeton University Press caught wind of the project, quickly signed on to publish it, and -- recognizing its potential -- is now eager to get the manuscript.

A timely projectMeanwhile, of course, untold acres of important habitat are being lost to the bulldozer every day. High levels of government seem oblivious to or even complicit in the destruction. That's we've given Sue the go-ahead to devote all of time to her final research and writing so this vital book can be published ASAP.

Will lynx kittens like these have safe places to live when they grow up? With your support today, this book will make sure they do.(Lynx kitten picture below by Sue Morse; KEEPING TRACK

That's where you come in. Besides the other hats she wears at Keeping Track, Sue has long been our primary source of revenue through the grant income and fees her workshops and presentations generate. Now, with the need for her to focus on research and writing, those revenues are gone – while our expenses continue. Including those being used to complete the book

Put habitat conservation within every 
community's reachSo please, make a donation right now to Keeping Track to keep us and the project afloat while Sue finishes the last part of the book. In the process, you'll be enabling us to inform and inspire far more would-be wildlife conservationists than ever before with our proven methods. 

Sue Morse is close to completing what amounts to a "biodiversity conservation handbook" -- a species-by-species, grassroots guide to conserving critical habitats anywhere.(Moose picture below by Sue Morse; KEEPING TRACK

Together, we can kindle a grassroots revolution in habitat conservation.  So please, make your contribution right here.

Thank you in advance for your generosity. And for caring so much about wildlife, habitats and biodiversity.

A final noteSue is contributing all of her royalties from the book to Keeping Track. So your donation will not only advance grassroots conservation work across the continent. It will also help Keeping Track in all of its efforts to harness the power of citizen-science in protecting critical habitat.

My thanks and appreciation,

SUE MORSE

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Our Philosophy

The fragmentation and destruction of habitat is a primary cause of decline in wildlife populations. When development or irresponsible resource extraction occurs, critical habitat is often unwittingly harmed, simply because no one realizes that the area affected is an important denning, feeding, wintering or travel area for one or more species. The isolation of wildlife populations within fragmented habitats severely compromises the long-term well-being of many species as healthy ecosystem functions, services and resiliency declines over time.

By monitoring potential habitats and threatened regions - systematically searching for and recording evidence of use by “focal species” over multiple years - citizens can obtain the information needed to make informed decisions about wildlife habitat stewardship. Our adult and youth training programs are designed to both inspire community volunteers as well as turn them into practitioners of a science-based field study methodology. Keeping Track®recognizes that more “boots on the ground” field research is essential if we are to successfully conserve an appropriate matrix of core and connective habitats.

Awards

Keeping Track® teaches concerned adults and children to observe, interpret, and record evidence of wildlife in their region. Wild habitat has a much better chance of staying wild under the watchful eyes of a whole community of knowledgeable and dedicated wildlife enthusiasts."

-Stephen Swinburne (Writer, Photographer and Naturalist)

Franklin Fairbanks Award
​Presented to Sue Morse for her lifelong creative and dedicated service to enriching the awareness and understanding of the natural world among residents of New England

Maria Pirie Environmental Program Award
Presented by the New England Environmental Education Alliance

Conservation Award
Presented by the Adirondack Council

Environmental Leader Award
Presented to Sue by Unity College, Unity, Maine, for her accomplishments in wildlife monitoring and conservation, and raising public awareness of the need for habitat protection