By Felipe Velasco | Project Leader
Dear donors and supporters,
Thanks to your generous support and the collaboration of our ally IdeaWild (USA), we have strengthened our conservation work in the Xieti and La Hondura Canyon Nature Reserves with the arrival of a new Vortex Diamondback HD telescope and Magnus tripod—check this blog post for more details.
This equipment immediately improved our ability to monitor wildlife and habitat conditions, support environmental education, and engage rural schools in hands-on learning experiences.
Within days of receiving it, we documented an exciting close observation of an Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) at Lake Tota, photographed through digiscoping at about 150 meters—an inspiring moment now being incorporated into our environmental education activities. The new equipment enhances species identification, strengthens citizen-science efforts, and improves our overall understanding of ecological changes in the wetlands and Andean forest ecosystems we protect.
Your contributions make these advances possible. With each improvement in our monitoring capacity, we strengthen restoration efforts, community learning, and long-term climate action within both reserves.
Thank you for helping us protect and better understand these valuable ecosystems.
With gratitude,
Felipe Velasco
Director at Fundación Montecito
Links:
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
