Hi everyone! 

I am a PhD candidate at Colorado State University researching human-wildlife conflict. Myself and several collaborators from CSU are in the process of distributing a survey to evaluate tech performance and collaboration needs in the conservation community. We would love to get feedback on this from the Wildlabs community, given the active engagement and great experience of everyone here. More information and a survey link is below for anyone interested:

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We are conducting a Conservation Technology Needs Assessment to identify how technologies are used, tested, and developed for conservation science and practice. Technology is an increasingly important tool for many conservation activities, and we are looking for feedback from practitioners, researchers, faculty, graduate students, and technology professionals that have worked with technology in a conservation setting. Our goal is to apply results of the needs assessment to help align future development with what conservation professionals need most to facilitate future conservation technology projects by highlighting common pitfalls and needs. Our plan is to compile results from this survey and publish it academically in an open-source journal.

This survey will take approximately 7 minutes to complete. To participate, please read the required consent information and follow the link below.

This is an anonymous online survey, and there are no known risks associated with this study. Your participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time without penalty. You must be 18 or older to participate.

Follow this link to indicate your consent to participate in this research and to continue on to the survey: http://colostate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7WBiscDDocCYIbb

If you have any questions about the research, please contact Nathan Hahn at

[email protected], or George Wittemyer at [email protected]. If you have any questions about your rights as a volunteer in this research, contact the CSU IRB at: [email protected]; 970-491-1553.

Best,

Nathan Hahn, George Wittemyer, and Sara Bombaci