The Wild Equity Institute has designed a project to highlight the importance of the incredibly diverse area it covers while helping people to take action to save species during the International Year of Biodiversity.<\/p>\n
The project is called the Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year, and it is a race against time to observe each of the 36 endangered and threatened species found within the Golden Gate National Parks, while taking 36 discrete conservation recovery actions that will prevent these species from going extinct. <\/p>\n
It is a competitive event: the person who sees and helps the most species between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2010 will win $1,000.<\/p>\n
The Golden Gate National Parks contain more endangered species than any other national park in continental North America: more than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks combined. This project enables participants to explore the diverse habitats of the parks while discovering the humility, compassion, and hope embodied in the legal protections for this land and its imperiled neighbours.
\nFor more information on this project, contact Brent Plater, Wild Equity Institute<\/a>, at bplater@wildequity.org<\/a>, www.wildequity.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n