Grants Awarded 2002

International Iguana Foundation Announces Grants for 2002

The International Iguana Foundation (IIF) held their annual Board meeting in San Diego on 27 April 2002.  Grants were awarded for the following projects:

• Enhancing in-situ captive management for the Grand Cayman Blue iguana. $10,000 awarded to the National Trust for the Cayman Islands as partial salary for an iguana facility manager. This grant can expand to $15,000 with in country matching funds.

• Conservation of the Jamaican iguana.  $15,000 awarded to Peter Vogel and the Jamaican Iguana Conservation & Research Group for yearly operating expenses for the ongoing field research and recovery program.

• Anegada iguana recovery program.  $15,000 was earmarked to promote the recovery effort for this critically endangered iguana.  However the specific details of how these funds will be allocated are still being determined.

• Previously in 2002 the IIF had awarded $6500 to Byron Wilson of the Jamaican Iguana Conservation and Research Group to continue his ongoing assessment, now in its fifth year, of the mongoose removal program in the Hellshire Hills.  A $1500 grant was given to Catherine Malone to continue her iguana survey work in St Lucia in collaboration with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.  This fieldwork was also supported by grants from the Miami Metro and Columbus Zoos.

Rick Hudson
ISG Deputy Chair
IIF Program Officer