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Fund Cultural Ranger for ABDSP Sister Park

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Hi everyone. Joan Schneider and Susan Gilliland are raising funds so that our Cultural Heritage Ranger at Ikh Nartiin Chulu Nature Reserve (Ikh Nart) in Mongolia can continue his work. Ikh Nart is the official Sister Park of Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs, California. Dr. Schneider began to document the amazing archaeological record of Ikh Nart in 2010 during the first sister park visit of our archaeological team. With a grant from the USA Embassy, the Cultural Heritage Ranger position was established because of the serious need to protect the cultural sites of Ikh Nart. After the initial grant, the ranger position has continued to be funded through donations.

This year we are reaching out to new donors; those who may have visited Ikh Nart as part of the archaeological team, those who are concerned about the preservation of cultural heritage in Mongolia, or those who simply wish to help. Destruction of Bronze and Iron Age burial monuments and artifact looting are significant problems in Ikh Nart (as many of you have witnessed). Having a dedicated cultural heritage ranger is crucial! The current cultural ranger is a local herder who, with his family lives in a yurt (ger) in Ikh Nart and knows the area well. He and his family are pictured above. He visits the most important cultural heritage sites on a regular basis and guards these sites which are part of his precious Mongolian heritage -- sites that represent the use of Ikh Nart lands throughout prehistory and history (Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages, Mongolian Empire, Buddhist and Russian times.) He assists with archaeological research projects when we visit Ikh Nart, our Sister Park each season. This current fundraiser will cover his salary for one year.

Thank you very much for your generosity! All funds raised will be dispersed to the Mongolian Conservation Coalition (MCC) and, at your request, a receipt will be emailed to you after the June and July field season. All funds will then go from MCC directly to Ikh Nart park management.
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