{"id":791,"date":"2018-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-post-33"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","slug":"couple-donates-pathfinder-to-support-avian-research","status":"publish","type":"wingbeat","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/couple-donates-pathfinder-to-support-avian-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple Donates Pathfinder to Support Avian Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>By Outreach and Communications Director Kristin Butler<\/strong><\/div> <div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/this-orig_2_orig.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the most important tools our scientists use to conduct research on Bay Area birds are the vehicles they drive across levees and dirt roads to reach the plovers, water birds, and tidal marshes they study and protect. Unfortunately, these vehicles are also some of the most expensive!<br\/><br\/>\u200bThat\u2019s why we are always especially grateful to supporters who\u00a0<span>donate their used trucks or other four-wheel-drive vehicles to SFBBO. Two recent donors who did just that are Jonathan and Christine Slocomb-Zack,\u00a0who donated their old Pathfinder Nissan truck to us this spring &#8230;<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n  <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>C<\/span><span>hristine is a scientist and has contributed her skills as a volunteer in our\u00a0<a href=\"\/staging\/1924\/colonial-waterbird-monitoring\/\">Colonial Waterbird<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/environmental-education1.html\">Outreach Programs<\/a>\u00a0for several years.\u00a0<\/span><span>She said as a scientist she understands how important off-road vehicles are to organizations like SFBBO.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>\u201cAfter ten years as a field biologist, I understand the importance and value of a good field vehicle, which allows you to maximize the number of sites you can visit to gather as much data as possible in a season,\u201d she said.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>Basic things like a field truck can be a limiting factor in successful conservation research and adaptive management projects, she said.<\/span><\/div> <div> <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/pathfinder-orig_1.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/img-0796.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/div> <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>\u201cThis is why we donated our Pathfinder to SFBBO, because we have hope for a future where Western Snowy Plovers and other species are thriving in the Bay Area, but reaching that goal requires action,\u201d she said.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>Thank you, Christine and Jonathan, for taking action to support SFBBO through your Pathfinder donation, and for all you do for birds and conservation!<\/span><br\/><br\/><em><strong>If you have a vehicle or other item you&#8217;d like to donate to SFBBO, please contact Outreach and Communications Director\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Kristin<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Butler at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kbutler@sfbbo.org\">kbutler@sfbbo.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u200b<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Outreach and Communications Director Kristin Butler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1230,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"class_list":["post-791","wingbeat","type-wingbeat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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