Community-supported · Volunteer-led
Help keep Carnivore Project in the field
Carnivore Project is a grassroots nonprofit monitoring community-reported mountain lion, black bear, and gray wolf activity across the Sierra Nevada Foothills and Northern California. Your support helps us maintain public sightings resources, conduct independent research, assist residents, and advance practical strategies for safer human-wildlife coexistence.
Why your support matters
Working for communities and carnivores
Carnivore Project promotes safe coexistence for residents, livestock owners, pets, and wildlife while recognizing the vital ecological roles of large carnivores.
Every day, volunteers review sightings, maintain public maps and resources, manage research data, and help connect residents with practical conflict-mitigation guidance and appropriate local services. This work takes dependable equipment, maintained programs, field travel, and consistent community involvement.
Every gift matters. Together, we can build a safer and better-informed future for communities throughout the Sierra Nevada Foothills and Northern California.
Your contribution at work
What donations make possible
Donations are directed back into Carnivore Project’s programs, equipment, research, fieldwork, and public resources.
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Public Sightings Resources
Website tools, reporting systems, maps, data storage, and accessible public wildlife information.
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Fieldwork & Resident Assistance
Travel for field research, site visits, camera work, and practical human-wildlife conflict support.
03
Research Equipment
Trail cameras, solar systems, batteries, SD cards, mounts, storage, repairs, and replacement equipment.
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Community Outreach
Printed resources, presentations, workshops, community events, and locally produced materials.
One-time or recurring support
Donate to Carnivore Project
Donate today to make a direct impact. Choose the amount and frequency that work for you using our secure Zeffy campaign below.
A recurring gift of just $5 per month helps sustain volunteer-led sightings work, resident support, public resources, and conflict-mitigation advocacy throughout the year.
Expand the camera network
Sponsor a field camera
Camera traps help document carnivore activity in residential, ranching, and shared landscapes. These observations contribute to a clearer, more locally grounded understanding of wildlife presence and support more precise coexistence strategies.
Keep a camera running
Help cover batteries, SD cards, mounts, routine upkeep, data storage, and replacement supplies.
Put a camera in the field
Make an annual sponsorship toward purchasing, deploying, maintaining, and managing a field camera.
Camera sponsorship campaign
Choose your sponsorship
Complete your camera sponsorship securely through Zeffy below.
More ways to help
Contribute equipment or supplies
Financial donations are not the only way to support the project. Needed equipment and in-kind contributions can go directly into field and community use.
Purchase a requested item
Amazon Wish List
Support us by purchasing requested cameras, batteries, SD cards, storage equipment, and other supplies from our equipment Wish List.
View Amazon Wish ListEquipment, supplies, or services
In-kind donations
Contact us about donating trail cameras, solar panels, batteries, SD cards, mounting supplies, printing services, professional expertise, or other useful resources.
Contact Carnivore ProjectFinancial transparency
Your support stays with the project
Carnivore Project is currently 100% volunteer-led. No founder, board member, researcher, or supporting staff member receives a salary or paycheck. Volunteers often contribute supplies, mileage, software costs, and other project expenses from their own pockets.
We currently receive no grant or operating funding from state or federal agencies, other nonprofit organizations, or institutional partners. We are community-powered, and every financial or in-kind contribution goes back into the organization’s programs, equipment, research, fieldwork, data management, outreach, and operating needs.
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