Funding for the Red Knot Survival Project

Starting in 2010, our efforts to help shorebirds near Cape May has operated under the title of
the Red Knot Survival Project.

GCA is very pleased to note that Patagonia, the clothing and outdoor equipment retailer, blessed
the Red Knot Survival Project with a generous grant to fund our 2011 field season expenses last May. The GCA founders, along with three volunteer assistants, were on hand at Delaware Bay for ten days overall at the end of May. The difference between the Patagonia grant amount and our actual expense budget for this very active period in New Jersey was picked up by a loyal and annual corporate supporter, the patent law firm of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, out of Minneapolis. Many thanks to both of these sponsors for making 2011 happen for GCA.

GCA is looking for capable and committed underwriters for the costs of researching, testing and implementing programs that will directly contribute to the survival of the East Coast populations of rufa Red Knots on their migratory path to their northern nesting grounds. There should be residual benefits of our work for other species of shorebirds whose life cycle closely parallels that of the Red Knot, inside and outside the US.

If you, as a private individual, a corporation, a professional or as an organization, recognize the severity of the clear trend toward extinction of this bellwether species, and you are moved to be part of solutions to reverse the trend, please respond with your questions, your advice and your support.