[Nhcoll-l] Collections Rescue

[Julian Alexander Birnbach]

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Hello All,
I’m writing on behalf of the California Institute for Biodiversity’s Collection Rescue Program. We understand that recent federal cuts have put many invaluable biological collections at risk, and we can provide rapid-response funding and logistical support to secure them before they are lost.
How we can assist

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Rapid Grants – Funding to purchase supplies such as freezers or other equipment, pay for shipping, or cover any expense needed to safeguard collections

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Hands-on logistics – Our team can help coordinate inventorying, packing, and transporting materials

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Long-term placement – Matching collections with accredited museums, archives, universities, or the California Biorepository in Berkeley for long-term storage

Recent successes

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Provided a closing USGS office with funding for freezers at a nearby facility to keep its specimens safely stored

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Relocated 30 years of ocean-sediment samples to the California Biorepository in Berkeley for secure storage


If you care for an at-risk collection or know of a collection in need within your community, please contact me by email at jbirnbach at sfsu.edu<mailto:jbirnbach at sfsu.edu>. In need collections can also fill out a preservation request form found at the California ATBI Collection Rescue website<https://www.calatbi.org/collection-rescue> or directly here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvmUc7Vhj7TG792FsLNBQPpBpK-rrr7WZx1DoT4TeG23bmZg/viewform>.
We work confidentially, follow all federal guidelines, and are primarily focused on saving invaluable wildlife collections that would otherwise be abandoned.
Please feel free to contact me with any question and share this information with anyone who may have information about collections in need.

Thank you,
Julian Birnbach
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Julian Birnbach
California Institute for Biodiversity<https://www.calalive.org/work/>
jbirnbach at sfsu.edu | julianb at sfzoo.org | 415-730-4476
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