As noted on the home page, a project of this scope and complexity is impossible without the support of many partners. Salaries and stipends must be paid. A study area of over 15,000 square kilometers cannot be traversed without vehicles (trucks, snowmobiles, and ATVs) which require fuel and maintenance. Researchers, field technicians, and volunteers must be housed and fed at the site throughout each year of the study. The modern GPS collars that make breakthrough ecological research possible are expensive to purchase and must be refurbished annually. The collars can be deployed only with the aid of dog handlers and their hounds during the snow-dependant winter capture season. The equipment and drugs to dart and tranquillize cougars is not inexpensive, and the researchers must be trained and certified in their use. Remotely downloading the data from many collars deployed over such a large area is done most effectively and efficiently from the air, thus requiring the funding of flight time. Recording data effectively outdoors requires specialized field-ready computers. The organizations listed below have all contributed in important ways to these many research requirements. In many cases they have contributed to aspects of the project too numerous to mention in detail in a short space, and we have thus limited ourselves to describing the general nature of their stake in the project.

Funding and support for year one (of the project 2005-06) is in place, and we are now soliciting similar support for year two (2006-07). We hope that our existing supporters will continue to assist us, and that new partners will join the team. If your company or organization wishes to get involved, please contact us: kknopff@ualberta.ca