Sovereign Circle Members · Voting Open · Q3 2026
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2026 Research Slate Q3 Candidates · Vote for Your Top 3
01
The Question
What is the true economic cost — measured in lost generational wealth, rural business mortality, and community health outcomes — of systematically restricting public land access in the American Southwest over the last 25 years, and who funded the organizations that drove those restrictions?
This question expands the WEMO closure documented in Memo 001 to its full 25-year pattern. 2,200 miles of OHV routes is the symptom. The systematic defunding of rural outdoor economies — without independent review, by organizations whose capital sources remain unexamined — is the disease. This study names both. The answer directly informs Tymmber's advocacy position, product market strategy, and the communities our products are built to serve.
Estimated Grant Range
$18,000 – $24,000
Oregon State / NOHVCC OHV regional studies: $14K–$22K comparable · 30% spread · 3-county NM field scope
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01
Objective
Commission an independent 90-day economic field study quantifying the full cost of public land access restrictions on rural Southwest communities over 25 years — with funding source analysis of the closure advocacy organizations.
02
Description
Primary data collection in Sierra, Socorro, and Otero counties NM. Direct revenue loss modeling, generational wealth attrition, business mortality rate, and IRS 990 audit of closure advocacy funders. IMPLAN economic modeling methodology.
03
Why It Matters
Those not yet born will inherit either a landscape they can enter — or one they cannot. This study builds the evidentiary record before that choice is made for them. It also builds Tymmber's factual foundation for product storytelling, investor positioning, and public land advocacy.
Research Lead · Commissioned PartnerPending · Proposals Welcome
RESEARCH LEAD OPEN
University Economics · Rural Policy Institute · Independent Researcher
Seeking a qualified research partner with experience in rural recreation economics and public land-use policy. Research Lead is selected by Advisory Group vote once the campaign is funded. Proposals: [email protected]
Required Deliverables
- Peer-reviewable economic impact methodology
- Primary field data · minimum 3 NM counties
- Funding source analysis of closure organizations
- Published findings · Franklin Library open access
- Plain-language community summary
- Completed within 90 days of grant issuance
Sources · Memo #001 · Read Before You Vote
01Bureau of Land Management — WEMO Route Network Closure Documentation, 2024–2025↗ BLM.gov
02BlueRibbon Coalition — Economic Impact Analysis of OHV Access Restrictions↗ sharetrails.org
03NOHVCC — OHV Economic Impact Studies Database: Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho↗ nohvcc.org
04IRS 990 Filings — Conservation advocacy organizations, FY 2020–2024 (public record)↗ ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
05Bureau of Economic Analysis — Outdoor Recreation Economic Statistics, U.S. and States, 2024↗ BEA.gov
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02
The Question
If the children being born today never have access to the terrain their grandparents walked freely, what is the measurable cognitive, emotional, and civic cost to the generation that inherits a locked landscape — and can that cost be quantified before it becomes irreversible?
Every access closure is a decision made by one generation that binds the next. This question sits at the absolute center of Tymmber's mission: we believe time in the outdoors makes people better. If access is removed before that exposure can happen, the cost compounds across a lifetime. The answer to this question is also the answer to the most important product question Tymmber has — why does getting outside matter enough to build a company around?
Estimated Grant Range
$22,000 – $29,000
Cognitive / developmental field studies · Nature & Health journal baseline · 30% spread · multi-site NM youth cohort
ViaGoFundMe
01
Objective
Quantify the measurable cognitive, emotional, and civic development cost to youth in rural communities when consistent outdoor access is removed — and model the projected generational compounding of that cost over 20 years.
02
Description
Comparative cohort study: youth in communities with maintained outdoor access vs. those with restricted access. Cognitive assessment, emotional resilience indicators, civic participation proxies. Longitudinal modeling using developmental psychology literature as baseline.
03
Why It Matters
A landscape they cannot enter is not a gift — it is a debt. This study is the evidence base for Tymmber's core claim that outdoor access is a human development imperative, not a recreational preference. The research answer becomes the brand answer.
Research Lead · Commissioned PartnerPending · Proposals Welcome
RESEARCH LEAD OPEN
Developmental Psychology · Environmental Education · Public Health
Seeking a research partner with expertise in child development or nature-based learning, ideally with existing NM or Southwest youth cohort access. Advisory Group votes on Research Lead once campaign is funded.
Required Deliverables
- Cohort comparison methodology document
- Baseline cognitive and emotional assessment data
- 20-year generational cost projection model
- Published findings · Franklin Library open access
- Plain-language summary for community and policy use
- Completed within 90 days of grant issuance
Sources · Read Before You Vote
01Kuo & Taylor — "A Potential Natural Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" — American Journal of Public Health, 2004↗ AJPH
02Chawla, L. — "Benefits of Nature Contact for Children" — Journal of Planning Literature, 2015↗ SAGE
03Outdoor Industry Association — The Outdoor Recreation Economy Report, 2022↗ outdoorindustry.org
04Headwaters Economics — Future-Proofing the Outdoor Recreation Economy, 2024↗ headwaterseconomics.org
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03
The Question
Does responsible OHV and outdoor recreation use of designated public land corridors measurably harm wildlife habitat — or does the human presence create a protective deterrent effect against poaching, encroachment, and invasive species that conservation-only models fail to account for?
The dominant conservation narrative declares human presence the enemy of habitat. Tymmber's Unified Habitat and Terrain framework holds that the relationship between people and the natural world is more complex — and more honest. This is the Nullius in Verba test: take nobody's word for it. Not the conservationists. Not us. Fund the field study and let the data speak. If we are wrong, we want to know. If the data supports coexistence, it reframes the entire public land access debate.
Estimated Grant Range
$20,000 – $26,000
Wildlife corridor field studies · USGS public lands recreation research baseline · 30% spread · multi-species habitat assessment
ViaGoFundMe
01
Objective
Conduct a side-by-side field comparison of designated OHV corridors and adjacent conservation-only zones — measuring wildlife presence, habitat health indicators, invasive species load, and evidence of poaching or illegal encroachment in each zone.
02
Description
Camera trap deployment, track station monitoring, vegetation transects, and poaching indicator surveys across matched pairs of active-use and restricted corridors in NM public land network. Minimum 60-day observational period per site pair.
03
Why It Matters
If responsible human presence protects habitat, every closure made without this evidence was made on assumption — not science. That single finding changes the policy conversation and validates Tymmber's coexistence model as both mission and product philosophy.
Research Lead · Commissioned PartnerPending · Proposals Welcome
RESEARCH LEAD OPEN
Wildlife Biology · Habitat Ecology · Conservation Science
Seeking a wildlife biologist or ecology team with field experience in NM or Southwest public land systems. Must hold or be able to obtain required state research permits. Advisory Group votes on Research Lead once campaign is funded.
Required Deliverables
- Camera trap and track station field dataset
- Side-by-side corridor comparison analysis
- Invasive species and poaching indicator report
- Published findings · Franklin Library open access
- Policy-ready executive summary
- Completed within 90 days of grant issuance
Sources · Read Before You Vote
01USGS Fort Collins Science Center — Valuing Economic Benefits of Recreation on Public Lands↗ USGS.gov
02ScienceDirect — Non-market valuation of OHV recreation and trail closures, Larimer County CO↗ ScienceDirect
03American Trails — Business of Trails: Compilation of Economic Benefits↗ americantrails.org
04BLM — Recreation and Visitor Services, Public Land Statistics 2023↗ BLM.gov
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04
The Question
What is the measurable reduction in healthcare costs, prescription dependency, and mental health intervention when a rural community has consistent, accessible outdoor recreation within 30 minutes of home — and what is the fiscal cost to state budgets when that access is removed?
This question reframes outdoor access as public health infrastructure — and links it directly to Tymmber's commercial argument. If we can demonstrate that accessible outdoor recreation reduces Medicaid costs, prescription rates, and mental health interventions, then every Tymmber product becomes a public health investment tool. The research answer is also the product positioning answer — and the answer future generations will need when they inherit the healthcare debt created by today's access decisions.
Estimated Grant Range
$25,000 – $33,000
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation nature-health comparable grants · 30% spread · multi-county NM public health dataset scope
ViaGoFundMe
01
Objective
Quantify the public health savings attributable to accessible outdoor recreation in rural NM communities — and model the fiscal cost when that access is systematically removed over a 10-year period.
02
Description
NM Medicaid and public health expenditure data correlated with outdoor access proximity mapping. Prescription volume and mental health intervention rates compared across access-rich and access-restricted rural counties. 10-year fiscal projection model.
03
Why It Matters
When a legislator votes to close public land, they are also voting to increase Medicaid costs. This connects those two votes with NM field data for the first time — and gives Tymmber the health economics case to back its outdoor wellness product line.
Sources · Read Before You Vote
01Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — The Health Benefits of Parks and Green Space↗ RWJF.org
02CDC — Physical Activity and Health — Parks and Public Lands as Infrastructure↗ CDC.gov
03National Recreation and Park Association — Parks and Health: Emerging Research, 2023↗ NRPA.org
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CARRIES TO Q4 AUTOMATICALLY
If this question doesn't reach top three in Q3 voting, it advances automatically to Q4. Members can still vote to prioritize it in Q3.
05
The Question
At what point does the transfer of effective control over American public land — through conservation easements, federal agency policy, and NGO advocacy funded by foreign and institutional capital — constitute a generational theft from citizens not yet born who will inherit a landscape they cannot enter?
This is the hardest question on the slate. It names the pattern directly. It will generate friction — and that friction is the point. Tymmber's business depends on accessible public land. If that land is being effectively restricted through funding mechanisms and policy instruments that operate outside public debate, then the generation being born today has been quietly robbed of something they didn't know they owned. This study traces the mechanism before it becomes too late to name it.
Estimated Grant Range
$28,000 – $37,000
Land-use policy and legal research · conservation easement audit methodology · IRS 990 and foreign funding source analysis · 30% spread
ViaGoFundMe
01
Objective
Audit the capital sources behind public land restriction advocacy organizations in the American Southwest over 25 years — mapping funding origin, policy outcomes, and the generational access loss attributable to each documented funding stream.
02
Description
IRS 990 analysis, conservation easement registry review, federal agency rulemaking comment docket audit, and foreign foundation funding trace. Cross-referenced against BLM and USFS access restriction timeline. Legal research component on easement vs. public right-of-way doctrine.
03
Why It Matters
If those not yet born ask how their birthright was quietly removed — through policy and paperwork rather than debate and legislation — this study will be the record that shows exactly how it was done, who paid for it, and what it cost the rest of us. It is also the research foundation for Tymmber's most consequential advocacy position.
Sources · Read Before You Vote
01ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — IRS 990 Database, Conservation Organizations↗ propublica.org
02Land Trust Alliance — National Land Trust Census, Conservation Easement Data↗ landtrustalliance.org
03Federal Register — BLM and USFS Rulemaking Comment Dockets, 2018–2024↗ federalregister.gov
Q4 2026 Queue
CARRIES TO Q4 AUTOMATICALLY
The most challenging question on the slate. Carries to Q4 if not in the top three. Members can still vote to move it up.