Friends of Sax-Zim Bog

UPDATE MARCH 2012

WOW! Thanks to your generous support we have now raised nearly $28,000 in private donations and memberships. Thank you! We are now applying for grants for land purchase, operations and various other projects. We'll keep you posted!

The 2012 BRRRRDathon and Photothon were very successful raising nearly $1,000! Thanks to all! Read more on the BRRRRDathon page (click link at top of page)

We need to raise about $200,000 to purchase a piece of land and get the Welcome Center built. And we need your help to get there. This will be a legacy for the Sax-Zim Bog.

FUNDRAISING/DONATION/MEMBERSHIP FORM HERE [If mailing a check...Call if you require credit card payment]

WATCH OUR 3-MINUTE SAX-ZIM BOG VIDEO ON WHY WE NEED TO ACT NOW

A Legacy Gift for you

As a premium for your donation (over $100), Alaska artist Nancy Hausle-Johnson will create a one-of-a-kind 8x8 inch bird tile (with your name on it), for a permanent installation in the Birder/Photographer Welcome Center.

Donate online to Friends of Sax-Zim Bog at Razoo

** A sample of a tile Nancy will make in your honor with a donation of over $100 for permanent display in the Sax-Zim Bog Birder/Photographer Welcome Center

Contribution Levels

$20-$99 annual membership contribution (bird lapel pin (new species each year)

$100-$399 level (your name with at least four others on a 8x8 bird tile of our choosing)

$400-$999 level (your name name alone on a 8x8 bird tile of our choosing)

$1,000-$2,999 level (your name alone on a 8x8 bird tile of YOUR choosing)

$3,000-$4,999 level (your name on a 8x16 2-tile mural of bird of YOUR choosing)

$5,000-$9,999 level (your name on a 16x16 4-tile mural of bird of YOUR choosing)

$10,000+ level (your name/business name on the centerpiece 8-tile Great Gray Owl mosaic (or another species of your choice)

FUNDRAISING/DONATION/MEMBERSHIP FORM HERE [If mailing a check...Call if you require credit card payment]

$20-$99 annual membership contribution (bird lapel pin (new species each year)$100-$399 level (your name with at least four others on a 8x8 bird tile of our choosing)$400-$999 level (your name name alone on a 8x8 bird tile of our choosing)$1,000-$2,999 level (your name alone on a 8x8 bird tile of YOUR choosing)$3,000-$4,999 level (your name on a 8x16 2-tile mural of bird of YOUR choosing)$5,000-$9,999 level (your name on a 16x16 4-tile mural of bird of YOUR choosing)$10,000+ level (your name/business name on the centerpiece 8-tile Great Gray Owl mosaic (or another species of your choice)

FRIENDS OF SAX-ZIM BOG is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting, promoting and protecting the Sax-Zim Bog Important Bird Area (IBA) through education, media, research, research funding, donation, and communication.

HERE ARE OUR GOALS:

1. Acquire bog habitat in the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County, Minnesota (a world-famous birding destination)

2. Build a small “Birder Welcome Center” and bog interpretive center on the land

3. Fund educational/research projects centered on peatlands and associated birdlife

Help us in our mission and become a member today!

BECOME A MEMBER [Online Credit Card Payment] here

Sax-Zim Bog & Peatlands Project

THE PEATLAND PROJECT is focused on Black Spruce/Tamarack peatlands (bogs) in the Sax-Zim Bog and all over northern Minnesota. These undervalued habitats are wondrous places and home to some of America's rarest plants, mammals and birds (see our photo gallery page). Moneys raised by Friends of Sax-Zim Bog and the Brrrrdathon will go to four ongoing projects:

1. Acquire bog habitat in the Sax-Zim Bog of St. Louis County, Minnesota (a world-famous birding destination)

2. Build a small “Birder/Photographer Welcome Center” and bog interpretive center on the land

3. Fund educational/research projects centered on peatlands and associated birdlife