Please Help Support NatureNorth!
A Personal Appeal
Hi, I'm Doug Collicutt, chief cook and bottle-washer here at NatureNorth. Yes, NatureNorth is pretty much a one-man operation. Perhaps it might be better to call it one man's obsession. I work as an independent biologist and environmental consultant, plus I sell wildflower seeds to Winnipeg's Living Prairie Museum and occasionally guide film crews around snake dens in the Interlake. I do all sorts of things to make a buck. But what I really love to do, and what I'd love to do full-time, is produce stuff for NatureNorth. Problem is, NatureNorth doesn't generate enough money to let me do that.
That's where you come in. I know people really like NatureNorth, and I've got the statistics to prove it now (check out the Viewer Stats page). The Google Adsense program (see below) helps me keep track of how many people are visiting the site. Yeah, I know the ads can be a little annoying at times, but when people click on them they do generate some funds to help run NatureNorth. They make a whopping $2 a day on average. Not much, but that does cover the costs of having the site online.
I also make some money by applying for grants from the Manitoba Government to produce special features. The Amphibians of Manitoba, Butterflies of Manitoba, Dragonflies of Manitoba, Save Our Skinks and the Manitoba Herps Atlas (in production) were all developed with support from the Sustainable Development Innovations Fund and the Special Conservation Fund. I keep track of the time I spend developing these features, and to be honest I could have made more money cleaning tables at Tim Horton's, but I love to do it and it needs to be done. Since the dawn of the World Wide Web our province has lagged behind in the production and posting of information about nature and wildlife in Manitoba.
You can help get more information about nature and wildife in Manitoba onto the web by supporting NatureNorth. The more money that comes in, the more content that goes up online, it's just that simple. So, here I am, cap in hand, asking for your spare change to help keep NatureNorth growing, getting bigger and better. If you think NatureNorth is worth your support, then please make a donation. Sorry, I can't offer you a tax receipt, NatureNorth isn't a registered charity. What I can offer you is my everlasting thanks, a place of honour in NatureNorth's Hall of Fame, and that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you do something that helps out a fellow human being. And don't forget, you're not just helping me, you're helping Manitobans of all ages, and people around the world, learn about the incredible natural heritage we all share.
Thanks, and bye for now.
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This will take you to the Adsense website. On the bottom of that page is a link titled: "Send Google your thoughts on the site or the ads you just saw". Click that link and once you click on the radio button by "the ads" under the "Report a Violation" heading you will see options for reporting inappropriate ads.
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