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Defenders News Briefs Summer 2005
Defenders Opens Colorado Office
Defenders is expanding its outreach efforts and opening a new office in the Denver area. Jonathan Proctor will join the office as the southern Rockies/Great Plains representative. Proctor formerly worked for the Predator Conservation Alliance, based in Bozeman, Montana. He is well-known for his research and advocacy work on behalf of black-tailed prairie dogs and other prairie species, and is a founder of the Northern Plains Conservation Network. Sara Deon also joined Defenders as the outreach representative in Colorado. She will work to engage members and activists across the state on wildlife issues. Deon began her career with Clean Water Action and has also worked for MoveOn.org and the Environmental Action PAC.
Another Deadly Season in Alaska
The second season of aerial wolf gunning in Alaska ended this spring. All told, 276 wolves were gunned down by shooters in aircraft in an effort to artificially boost moose and caribou populations for sport hunters. The Alaska Board of Game plans to allow aerial hunters to kill hundreds more wolves starting late fall, but thanks in part to Defenders' efforts, aerial wolf gunning will not be allowed on national park and national wildlife refuge lands in the state. The board also approved the baiting and killing of 80 grizzly bears along the Canadian border.
Visit www.savealaskawolves.org to learn more.
Defenders' Field Rep Wins Award
Considered this year's leader of the pack of wolf advocates, Defenders' Northern Rockies Representative Suzanne Stone was given the 'Alpha Award' at the 2005 North American Wolf Conference held at Chico Hot Springs Resort in Pray, Montana. The annual award is presented by the Wolf Recovery Foundation to honor individuals whose achievements and contributions benefit the recovery of wolves. The award banquet dinner culminated with a silent auction that raised nearly $6,000 to fund proactive, nonlethal methods to prevent conflicts with wolves.
Kiosks Highlight Red Wolf Return
With help from the Red Wolf Coalition and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defenders has designed and installed a series of kiosks near North Carolina's Outer Banks that highlight the return of red wolves to the area.
The displays, funded by the Alex C. Walker Educational and Charitable Foundation, provide information about the successful reintroduction of the wolves and the important role that they play in the environment and economy of North Carolina. More than 100 red wolves currently roam nearly 1.5 million acres just west of the Outer Banks.
