Farther Afield is a design and technology consulting firm that specializes in geospatial solutions, map creation, and design. Creating a web-based mapping application to showcase the geographic extent and boundaries of conservation partnerships is essential to address this problem – that's where Farther Afield steps in to help.

Us here at Southern Appalachian Anglers and SAARPC are excited to share and educate others on maintaining our waterways to keep them free of trash. We’re sharing some great ways to help join our fight against litter and we will be planning volunteer events in the near future exclusively for trash pick ups in and around the greater Asheville area.

Based on our population estimates, loon numbers are decreasing by 6% annually – a shockingly high number that means that lakes on which many vacationers have always heard loons are now falling silent. Since learning of loon population declines two years ago, we have been investigating the causes of the declines in Wisconsin.

Pangolins, wearing the equivalent of an armour of expensive nail clippings, are suffering and being killed relentlessly - numbers are likely in the tens of thousands per year. One of the leading causes of death for this mammal is electrocution due to the large number of wildlife fences bordering most properties in South Africa. They are also sadly easy to poach.

2% for Conservation welcome Jesse Bone and Kalvyn Ferronato to their board of directors. Jess Johnson was unanimously elected by supporting board members as the Board Chair. Jeff Sposito, President and CEO of 2% Certified brand Stone Glacier and creator of 2% for Conservation, has stepped down from his two-term role as Board Chair.

How do you give back your time to conservation as a small business? That’s a question hundreds of our members tackle every year, as they pursue the “1% of time donated to wildlife” portion of our 2% Certification. It’s why we at 2% for Conservation devote more than 50% of our team’s efforts to helping our members find places to give back to wildlife in a meaningful way.

Last year, Mike Schmillen and members of his River City Tile & Stone crew drove a couple skid steers all the way from their home near the Twin Cities to southwestern Montana. Why? To help remove miles of old fencing that were blocking wildlife migration routes in a part of the country where they had enjoyed taking recreational trips in the past. Read his story…

Recently, some folks from our local Trout Unlimited office reached out in search of volunteers to help them with a cool new project in the Gallatin watershed. It’s called an “Aquatic Organism Passage Assessment”, and instead of totally fowling up describing what that is and what its purpose is, we’ll let them do the talking!