We are helping Ian, a master’s student at Colorado State University, with his fundraising for equipment and supplies for his innovative research on early warning wolf detection/real-time motion-activated camera systems with AI imagery software and motion-activated cameras that can alert a rancher if the system captures a photo of a possible AI determined wolf.

Ian is committed to finding solutions to the rancher-wolf conflict in Northern California. His career background includes working for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, as a human-wildlife conflict specialist in Northern California from 2022 to 2024, where some of his duties involved working with ranchers to reduce wolf-related issues. This led Ian to recognize there is a drastic need for new strategies in California to mitigate wolf conflict.

“After the state cut our program and let me loose, I knew it was time to go back to school and work to find solutions to this issue, I think we owe it to the ranchers and the wolves of California.” - Ian R Keith

By updating and testing existing tools and techniques, and incorporating automative technology, Ian believes solutions can be found through adaptive management with ranchers and wolves. His advisor, Anthony J. Giordano, has extensive experience working in the field of human-wildlife conflict with ranchers in South America, as well as communities experiencing conflict in Northeastern India with tigers, snow leopards, and elephants.

“My experience working for the state led me to find amazing, hard-working folks that deeply care for wildlife and their ranch land but are overworked and are desperate to find solutions. Ranchers are not the bad guys/gals in this situation; they can and should be part of the solution. We all could learn a lot from these folks.” – Ian R Keith

Please help Ian reach his goals to ensure this is a robust study of potential new solutions to the wolf-livestock conflicts producers are experiencing in California. All donations are tax deductible and 100% of proceeds associated with this fundraiser page will go to this project.

Early Warning/Wolf Detection Research

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