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- After U.S. President Donald Trump froze $700 million in NSF grants, the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory launched OnlyMarms and a Fat Marmot Week (Aug 24-29) to raise research funds.
- The lab has monitored yellow-bellied marmots in Gothic, Colorado since 1962, the longest-running mammal study.
- Master’s student Emily Renkey runs OnlyMarms, posting videos and promoting voting on Aug 24 for the sole contender “Dan’s Hat,” while urging donors to support the research.
