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A Conversation with Mike Phillips
by Tom Myrick
Editor's Note: Tom Myrick, communications director for the International Wolf Center,
recently recorded an in-depth interview with Executive Director of the Turner Endangered
Species Fund Mike Phillips, an expert on the Endangered Species Act. During the interview,
Myrick posed several key questions to more fully understand the intentionally ambiguous
nature of this groundbreaking legislation, how it works, and what happens when it works.
A summary of that conversation with the full interview, including question-by-question
sound bites, available at the new
International Wolf YouTube
channel.
Executive Director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund Mike Phillips, an expert on
the Endangered Species Act and a representative in the Montana legislature, explains
how the intentionally ambiguous nature of this groundbreaking legislation was intended
to work.
Wolves in Washington: A Triumphant Return or the End of the Road?
by Jasmine Minbashian
We are just beginning to see the return of wolves to Washington, and only time will
tell whether Washington is a state where wolves come to die or if it's the beginning
of a grand natural recovery throughout the Pacific Northwest. What's for certain is
that this will be a pivotal year for wolves in our region.
Social Media is Here to Stay-Ready or Not
by Mary Ortiz
I must admit I am part of the "boomer" generation, and it has taken me awhile to
understand what "social media" is, much less learn how to use it. Whether I like it
or not, social media sometimes seems to be the only way to communicate with my children.
Today, the most well-known social media tools are Facebook, Myspace, and LinkedIn for
social networking; Flickr and Snapfish for photo sharing; Wikipedia for knowledge-sharing
and collaboration; and Blogger and WordPress for blogging. Experts say these tools
allow their users to build relationships and solve problems." like depredation on
livestock or domestic pets.
How Does One Enrich the Behavior of a Pack of Two?
by Lori Schmidt, Wolf Curator, International Wolf Center
The question of how one enriches a wolf pack of two was recently posed through email
and is extremely relevant to the management of the summer 2011 Exhibit Pack at the
International Wolf Center. Those of you following the Center's ambassador wolves via
the Web site (www.wolf.org) are aware of recent changes in the dynamics of the pack.
The International Wolf Center faced a challenging winter with the loss of Maya, early
retirement of Grizzer and the challenge of managing an exhibit with only two ambassador
wolves, Aidan and Denali, born in April 2008.
Hiking the Roof of Africa in Search of Ethiopian Wolves
by Nancy Gibson
In 1954, six years after the State of Israel was established, the government
enacted the Wild Animals' Protection Law, a novel regulation protecting all but
one of the 17 carnivore species in the country, including the wolf. Only the jackal remained
officially listed as a "pest," and this exemption from legal protection
proved to be a mistake. In an attempt to eliminate jackals, pest control officers
in the Ministry of Agriculture organized a wide-scale poisoning campaign. Because other animals were
wiped out by the misguided plan, the jackal was subsequently added to the list of protected carnivores.
Papa and the Crooked Lake Wolves
by Marja Olsen-Nelson
Editor's note: This article was reprinted with permission from the Boundary Waters
Journal's spring 1993 issue and involves a wolf encounter in Minnesota's Boundary Waters
Canoe Area Wilderness.
As we paddled down river from Basswood Falls past the pictographs, heading for
Wednesday Bay of Crooked Lake, I tried to remember Papa. It had been a smooth trip
so far, and that morning had been a good time to drift along and reflect. We did not
know then how dramatically this quiet spell would be broken before the trip was over.
Sitting stiffly in the back of the canoe, my mind was in a cold stupor because I could
not see Papa's face, could not hear his voice, could place no moment in time with him.
It was as if he had never existed.
Wolves, Wildlands and Technology
by Jerritt Johnston, director of education
Technology. It surrounds us. From Facebook to the iPhone to the GPS units mounted on
our dashboards, many of us are nearly always plugged in. The speed of technological
development and our immersion in it has had a tremendous impact on our lives.
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