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Note from the 2% Staff: Burnout is closely related to depression, a very real and serious mental health condition affecting many of us.  Here at 2% for Conservation, we are...

This year, we're making our "Year in Review" more accessible to anyone interested in the major accomplishments of 2% for Conservation in 2019!  Check it out!

 

We have compiled a comprehensive list of all the special programs that 2% Business Members have put together for this Giving Season.  As you do your holiday shopping, help your dollar go further for wildlife by choosing to shop with businesses giving back to wildlife conservation.

2% for Conservation is built very differently from other conservation groups and it is for the express purpose of supporting those other groups' work in fish and wildlife conservation.  In this blog post, we share how we operate differently, as well as a few key ways that we support the incredible work done back a broad range of conservation causes.

In this piece, 2% Washington Committee Member Dan Wilson powerfully shares his thoughts on why "Conservation is Purple" and how wildlife conservation can transcend petty political bounds.

Foreward by 2% Executive Director, Jared Frasier

2% Michigan Committee Member, Drew YoungDyke, shares his personal connection to wildlife conservation groups and his decision processes for supporting them.

"While we all have to buy hunting and fishing licenses and pay the excise taxes on our sporting equipment to legally hunt and fish, doing the bare minimum required by law hardly makes anyone a conservationist. That requires doing more. Joining, supporting, and volunteering for nonprofit conservation organizations is the difference between someone who just hunts and fishes and someone who is a genuine conservationist."

How to Choose an Organization to Support - Part 1

For the first installment, our Executive Director Jared Frasier recently hopped on the phone with Chris Sheets of the Right to Roam Podcast to discuss this very topic.

As biologists in the field, the guys at "R2R" regularly work with conservation organizations on real-world projects and they get to see how well funds for conservation are actually spent... or how poorly.

A question we receive with increasing frequency is, "Where do we start?  How do we start giving back to conservation?" 

If you are pursuing 2% Certification for your business, or are just starting to look into how to give back to conservation as an individual, it can be a little daunting to find a starting point.  Especially, if you do not know anyone working in fish and wildlife conservation. To help you get started, we've got 3 Easy Tips to help you find a conservation cause to start giving back to!