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WILD10: Save the date!

WILD10, The 10th World Wilderness Congress , Salamanca, Spain, 4-10 October 2013!

The WILD10 process is well underway in Europe. The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (newly reconstituted) is the national host,  having provided some of the start-up funds allowing the WILD10 Executive Committee to continue  the collaborative process  that started in 2011 to identify practical objectives, create partnerships and design a process to achieve them, and implement a program for the Congress itself.

Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition

In case you haven’t heard, our partners at the Florida Wildlife Corridor began their expedition on January 17th. This trek is set to cover about 1,000 miles over 100 days and starts by traversing the Everglades ecosystem into Big Cypress, over to the Everglades Agricultural Area, back to the Okaloacoochee Slough, across the Caloosahatchee, over to Babcock Ranch, back along Fisheating Creek toward Lake Okeechobee, up the Kissimmee River with excursions toward the Lake Wales Ridge, up the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, east around Orlando into Ocala National Forest, and north along the O2O corridor (Ocala to Osceola) to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

The fishing cat wants to swim…Pass it on!

Sob stories about endangered species are so 2011. So instead we’re sending you a tale about a CAT in WATER. A story about how community, photos and film are giving an endangered animal, the aptly named fishing cat, a chance at survival.

“Chasing Ice” receives Excellence in Cinematography Award for Documentary Films at Sundance!

We are proud to announce that the Extreme Ice Survey and conservation photographer James Balog, project partners of The WILD Foundation, were awarded with the Excellence in Cinematography Award for Documentary Films for Chasing Ice at the Sundance Film Festival!

Protecting Wild Nature on Native Lands, Vol. II now available!

Volume II of Protecting Wild Nature on Native Lands: Case Studies by Native Peoples from around the World is now available as a free download, or for purchase as a hard copy. This volume of case studies is the second in an ongoing series produced through the Native Lands and Wilderness Council (NLWC), a platform for indigenous knowledge exchange and capacity building that ensures that the knowledge and wisdom of indigenous peoples influences the policies, practices and approaches of the global wilderness conservation movement. These case studies highlight indigenous peoples’ strategies for coexisting with and managing their wild lands and seas, and are practical and spiritual examples of how to live in harmony with wild nature. They also address current and pressing needs for nature conservation on ancestral lands by honoring the past, while looking forward with tangible plans and actions for the well-being of future generations.

Wildlife for Wildways

On Thursday, January 5th, the Vail Symposium will be holding an event through Rocky Mountain Wild called Wildlife for Wildways. The Vail Symposium is a grassroots, non-profit organization that has been part of the life and history of Vail since 1971. Their mission is to provide educational programs for the Vail Valley community that are thought-provoking, diverse and affordable. WILD’s Strategic Conservation Advisor, Harvey Locke, will be speaking in this panel discussion, and you won’t want to miss it!

WILD Welcomes New Partner: The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation

WILD is pleased to partner with The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) which has been working for many years to save the chimpanzee in its natural habitat. With a motto “Now or Never,” WCF has always set its priorities through grass-root activities where wild chimpanzee populations and their forested habitat is being threatened.

Extreme Ice Survey goes to Sundance!

We are  enthused and proud to announce that the 2012 Sundance Film Festival has accepted Chasing Ice, a  film documenting the pioneering climate change work of Extreme Ice Survey, one of WILD’s partner projects.  EIS, founded and lead by visionary conservation photographer Jim Balog, is an innovative, long-term photography project that merges art and science to give a “visual voice” to the planet’s changing ecosystems. One aspect of EIS is an extensive portfolio of single-frame photos celebrating the beauty–the art and architecture–of ice. The other aspect of EIS is time-lapse photography; currently, 27 cameras are deployed at 18 glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, the Nepalese Himalaya, Alaska and the Rocky Mountains of the U.S.

Thanks for a great night!

It was a very cold, snowy night but on Friday, December 2, 2011 over 70 guests came to Chautauqua Community House to celebrate and contribute to WILD’s vital conservation projects.  WILD’s Board of Directors, Trustees, and Associates traveled from as far as Antarctica and Switzerland to join in on the festivities and attend WILD’s annual Board meeting weekend.

Help us save the Fishing Cat!

Morgan and Joanna of our CAT in WATER team sent us the latest update on their field expedition in Thailand. The girls are making great progress on tracking the fishing cat and even captured their first glimpse on the camera trap! Read what the team has to say about their obstacles and possible solutions…will you help us save the fishing cat?