Grants Awarded 2004

International Iguana Foundation Announces Grants for 2004

The Board of Directors of the International Iguana Foundation (IIF) held their annual meeting at the Miami Metrozoo in Florida on 3 April 2004. The Board evaluated a total of seven proposals and awarded grants totaling $48,550 for the following five projects:

• Establishing a Second Subpopulation of Released Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas, Cyclura lewisi. Fred Burton, Blue Iguana Recovery Program, $11,000.

• Conservation of the Critically Endangered Jamaican Iguana, Cyclura collei. Peter Vogel and Byron Wilson, Jamaican Iguana Research and Conservation Group, $11,300.

• Maintaining and Optimizing the Headstart Release Program for the Anegada Iguana, Cyclura pinguis. Glenn Gerber (San Diego Zoo CRES) and Kelly Bradley (Dallas Zoo and UTA), $11,250.

• Translocation, Population Surveys, and Habitat Restoration for the Bahamian Iguanas, Cyclura r. rileyi and Cyclura r. cristata. William Hayes, Loma Linda University, $7,500.

• Conservation Biology and Management of the Saint Lucian Iguana, Iguana iguana. Matt Morton (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) and Karen Graham (Sedgwick County Zoo), $7,500.

Rick Hudson
IIF Program Officer