Goals met, Dates set

Lots of happenings this side! Thanks to everyone's support, sharing, and donations we've reached my primary funding goal! Additional funding beyond this point will go toward an additional round trip flight to the study area following data collection and analysis, so the results can be presented to reserve managers and communities. This final step in the dissertation process is the most impactful! It allows the new knowledge to be transferred to stakeholders so it can be considered in management decisions.

I have also set my travel date to return to my study site at University of the Witwatersrand Rural Facility and get rolling on survey development and data collection. I spent five months at the study site in 2014, establishing contacts and ironing out the details of my research goals, and the cold weather here has me looking forward to Southern Hemisphere summer and Friday night braais (barbecues). Thank you all for your support and stay tuned for more updates!

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