The Altai Project

Wild Altai summer research in Sailyugem

jennifer — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:58:38 +0000

UPDATED 15 May – This trip is now closed to new travelers. We will announce the 2014 program schedule in late 2013.

Update on Mongol the snow leopard

jennifer — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:17:42 +0000

Last heard about on this website in March 2011, Mongol is in the news once again. He was captured in March 2013 in Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve to receive a new satellite-tracking collar and to undergo a veterinary exam and have samples collected.

First video footage of Altai snow leopards

jennifer — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:13:13 +0000

Our partner and snow leopard expert Sergei Spitsyn recently provided us with the first ever video footage of a snow leopard on Chikhachev Ridge in southeastern Altai Republic. Video footage [...]

Prevent Poaching Today – Donate!

jennifer — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:15:36 +0000

Make a tax-deductible gift to keep poachers out of snow leopard habitat. We urgently need your support for patrols this winter.

October in the Argut River valley

jennifer — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:07:05 +0000

Here are a few pictures from the beautiful expedition The Altai Project participated in along with SUNY-ESF, Altaisky Nature Reserve, and WWF-Altai-Sayan. We hiked down the stunning but isolated middle Argut River to visit cabins frequented by local herders, hunters, and poachers and to investigate the area's potential for hiking tourism.

New Ak-Cholushpa Nature Park gets a quick start

jennifer — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:29:16 +0000

Newly-formed Ak-Cholushpa Nature Park on the southern shores of Lake Teletskoye has received a start-up grant from the UNDP's Altai Sayan climate change program.

Visiting Altai: Land of the Snow Leopard

jennifer — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:30:00 +0000

“Land of the Snow Leopard” describes a tourist travel route with waypoints in the Argut River valley and along the Sailyugem Ridge in Altai Republic, Mongun-Taiga Mountain and Tsagan-Shibetu Ridge [...]

Grant-making for Grassroots Conservation

jennifer — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:00:17 +0000

Every year, The Altai Project conveys over $27,000 in small grants to local conservation and indigenous groups and protected areas working in Altai Republic. Some of the projects we’ve funded [...]

Snow leopards in Argut

jennifer — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:53:53 +0000

These are the first images of wild snow leopards in the central southern Argut region of Altai Republic. In an area that was previously home to dozens of cats, just a handful of snow leopards remaining due to intense snare-poaching.

Altai Republic officials approve pipeline construction despite legal questions

jennifer — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:32:28 +0000

Altai Republic takes several steps to push the Altai pipeline project ahead despite the absence of a signed agreement between Russia and China and many questions concerning the legality of these moves. Click to read more of this update.