Red Wolf Documentary Film

In May we posted about Red Wolf Revival: An Uncertain Tomorrow. The film is now complete and the first screenings will be in North Carolina this week. On Friday November 20, a 7 PM screening followed by discussion will be held at Duke. (Love Auditorium, Duke University Levine Science Research Center B101 Durham, NC). If you head to the film, see if anything looks familiar filming took place at the Museum this past year. The Discussion Panel includes the followingRead more

A really bad drawing

I often doodle on the dry erase boards when I talk with someone about a project and how it might work. I haven’t shared a drawing of mine in awhile. These two are bad… but I’m an open book 🙂 I was reviewing with the Keepers, especially the newer ones, how wolf catching was going to go. (Click here to see a different way I wrote about this)    Read more

Red Wolf Recovery Program Update

News from USFWS came last week about the status of the Red Wolf Recovery Program. Spoiler alert: nothing dramatic to report. – click here (or here’s the direct link address to cut and paste in your browser: http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=AA349245-04DF-B5F8-78049E1AD97B717B)Read more

QuikPost: Red Wolf SSP meeting 2015

The Red Wolf SSP meeting this year is being hosted by the Endangered Wolf Center. Last year the SSP meeting was at the Akron Zoo. I’m looking forward to seeing my red wolf friends from other Zoos and Conservation Centers from around the country. There will certainly be a lot to talk about with all that is going on with the Recovery Program. Check out Ron Sutherland’s opinion piece in the N&O. News from the meeting when I return.  Read more

Yellowstone: How Wolves Change Rivers

I love Yellowstone National Park. I think it’s my favorite place to be. A couple years ago I saw wild wolves for the first (and only) time there.  Kristen went there and posted about it many years ago. Last week I got 3 emails regarding Yellowstone. One was from a woman who was heading there and wanted advice about hiking in bear country and the using bear bells. The other two emails were forwarding me a link to a videoRead more