We promise to benefit the human and wild inhabitants of every single place we visit.
BRANT is an international nature travel company with a strong commitment to the environment through what we call Responsible Ecotourism. We provide world-class nature tours and ensure that the people and wildlife at our destinations benefit from our visits as much as we benefit from them.
10% of every dollar BRANT makes is donated directly back to conservation and/or local communities.
Here are some of our non-profit partner organizations:
At Audubon Arizona, our mission is to protect the outdoor spaces we love and help prevent the decline of birds, as well as other wildlife, and their habitats. Education is a critical element in making this happen and this story provides insight into what we are doing in support of this and how you can become involved.
Through the Central New Mexico Audubon Society, the fund provides scholarships for youth between the ages of 6 and 19 to attend a specific program, camp or course pertaining to the candidate’s interest in the natural sciences. This project is very dear to our hearts as Ryan was a close personal friend to Lee, Raymond and Michael and was the original Principal Investigator with Raymond of the Sandia Rosy Finch Project. Ryan was lost to us in a tragic accident in 2005. BRANT gives dollars to the fund to keep it strong and help it grow for future youth to explore their dreams in wildlife conservation and birding. Visit the web site CNMAS Scholarship Page for more information or an application for the scholarship.
The Friends of the Bosque del Apache NWR is one of the largest and most active Wildlife refuge friends groups in the nation. They work hard to ensure the future of one of our nation’s most spectacular birding refuges through financial and volunteer support. The friends groups helps support and run festivals (including the Festival of the Cranes, outdoor education opportunities and so much more.
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge (VDONWR), as the first urban wildlife refuge in the Southwest, has the privilege and responsibility to serve as an example for the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Urban Refuge Initiative. A goal of this initiative is to engage urban communities by making refuges more accessible and providing opportunities for participation in wildlife recreation and education close to home. As the support group for the Refuge, the Friends of VDONWR has been hard at work growing their organization, supporting Refuge staff, and educating the community about the exciting conservation, education, recreation, economic, and quality of life benefits associated with our Urban Wildlife Refuge.
GBNA is an email list and facebook group intended to facilitate communication among LGBT birders and their allies in North America.
Rio Grande Bird Research
has been banding birds since 1979 at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque. This project has contributed thousands of valuable bird data to the North American Bird Banding Program at the Patuxent Wildlife Laboratory. RGBR is totally operated by volunteers who give their time and energy to continue this valuable contribution to studies of dispersal and migration, behavior and social structure, life-span and survival rate, reproductive success and population growth of North American birds. The RGBR is the organization under which the Rosy Finch Project is administered. Raymond, Michael and Lee are all active volunteers of the group and have received numerous hours of education and mentorship in bird banding from RGBR. BRANT gives dollars to help offset the costs of seed, Rosy-Finch feeders and traps, mist nets and banding tools needed to conduct the research. Visit the RGBR website or the RGBR Facebook page for more information.