I’m new and wondering if there’s an appropriate way to go about finding collaborator naturalists for surveying flora and fauna on an ancient, sacred ecosystem and bird sanctuary that I just purchased to protect in MN? I am a physician-scientist and Ojibwe citizen living in CA. Apologies if I’m in th…

Congratulations! And thank you for protecting the land and bird habitat. Some more information about the land and what you’re trying to do might be helpful. Are you making the area open to the general public? If so, an iNat project for observations made there might be a good start. Or are you loo…

I’m just going to look up options that I think fit your goal and post some links here. I think the best bet would be to turn the land over to a more local conservation group. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/gifts/land.html https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/conservation-easements.html h…

[image] memengwaakwe: wondering if there’s an appropriate way to go about finding collaborator naturalists for surveying flora and fauna If your question is about within iNaturalist, you could look at who has recently made observations nearby and reach out to them via direct message.

Welcome to the forum! [image] memengwaakwe: Apologies if I’m in the wrong place…appreciate any guidance! [image] roadside_rambler: Some more information about . . . what you’re trying to do might be helpful. [image] memengwaakwe: I am . . . living in CA. What is CA? Californi…

[image] memengwaakwe: finding collaborator naturalists for surveying flora and fauna on an ancient, sacred ecosystem and bird sanctuary that I just purchased to protect in MN Hi, we are located in Minnesota & are acquainted with some highly accomplished & knowledgeable naturalists that have a…

From looking at your iNaturalist observations, it looks like your land is on the east side of Leach Lake. There aren’t a lot of people in that area, but there’s some really interesting habitat there. I have two suggestions. Contact the Minnesota Master Naturalist program at U of M extension. https…

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