I first came to these mountains in 1995
as an undergraduate to learn about the
wild and dangers and Chile's of Chile's
the chinchillas lived on these mountains
behind us when I came the colony was
past the mountain after planting trees
since 1997 and scattering seeds the
chinchilla colony here and in other
restoration areas now have doubled and
tripled and their new colonies and
places where they did not exist the
endangered longtail chinchilla lives in
colonies these colonies are scattered on
the lands that include the national
chinchilla reserve and the mountains
outside of the reserved contain half the
population these chinchilla colonies are
non communal lands we have an agreement
with the community - four areas that we
restored they will preserve for the rich
and Chile's we work with international
volunteers the IUCN assc Species
Survival Commission the Chilean Park
Service the Chilean agricultural service
the Chilean Minister of the Environment
international zoos and associations and
we received funding from Disney Wildlife
Conservation rapid resource fund the
John Ball zoo logical society the South
Florida Zoological Society AACC the
Minnesota Zoo and it's lure logical
society the Oregon Zoo the new zoo the
Wisconsin zoo the Houston Zoo and Z gap
Z and Zach sorry that's the Zoological
and aquarium Association and they're
concerned with conservation Z cap which
is a German zoo Association that also
does conservation act for nature out of
Monaco the lemon foundation from the US
the Whitley Foundation from the UK the
conservation research foundation Indiana
University Purdue University in
Indianapolis
conservation technology support program
from NASA and Clark Clark labs and ESRI
you the United know the University of
Florida and the University of Florida
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Indiana State University Resort condom
any international travel scholarships
Rotary Club of New Zealand Lindsey
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