Forever Wild-YouTube Intervention
The Ogilvy Cape Town Agency created an interesting analysis of a new strategy developed in a social media campaign for our sister organization, the Wilderness Foundation South Africa. The members of the Wilderness Network, which includes the Wilderness Foundation...
“Chasing Ice” Wins Best Adventure Film at Boulder International Film Festival
Last night wrapped up the Boulder International Film Festival with a sold out screening of “Chasing Ice”. The film, which recently won the Excellence in Cinematography Award for a U.S. Documentary at the 2012 Sundance Festival, also took home the Best...Sable Shenanigans, by Ian Michler
The victims of bureaucracy and unscrupulous operators, more than 200 sable antelope have been penned in a new national park in Zambia for almost three years. Investigative journalist Ian Michler filed this special report. (First published in Africa Geographic,...
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...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...
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. Around this time last year, my...“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!...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...
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...
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...
Think Before You Walk, by Ian Michler
There’s a decided feel-good factor to cuddling a lion cub or riding an elephant; it’s something that, given half a chance, many of us would do without thinking twice. But would we be contributing to research and conservation, as wildlife-encounter...
Wilderness Foundation director Andrew Muir wins prestigious award!
Andrew Muir, CEO of The Wilderness Foundation (WILD’s sister organization in South Africa), has been named the Ernst and Young Social Entrepreneur for 2012. Andrew, a globally recognized leader in the urban social aspects of nature conservation, is also a...
CAT in WATER
“CAT in WATER” – our multimedia initiative focused on the shy and threatened fishing cat — is literally coping with too much water! The CAT team, Morgan and Joanna, arrived in Thailand last week in the midst of the worst flooding in a century. A simple two...WILD receives the 2011 National Bob Marshall Wilderness Stewardship Award
It’s official! WILD is honored by the US Forest Service as this year’s recipient of the Bob Marshall Award for Group Champion of Wilderness Stewardship. This award recognizes our dedication to wilderness stewardship, partnerships with the US land...Watch the Polar Bear migration in northern Manitoba
Every year an estimated 1,000 polar bears linger outside the small Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze over. This year, a group of organizations are partnering to bring a front row view of the annual migration to anyone around the...
Big Bend/Rio Bravo, USA-Mexico conservation success
Good things often take awhile, and are worth waiting for… In late 2008 we were planning practical outcomes for WILD9 (the 9th World Wilderness Congress), with The WILD Foundation and our partners trying to create better wilderness awareness in Mexico and better...
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A Bison Blog—From Yellowstone to Haarlem
In a recent, three-day period I had wild encounters of a similar sort on two continents. Both encounters tell a story of past and current “re-wilding,” enabled through the vision and dedication of people and organizations that understand the essential role of wildness...The Conservation Quandary, by Ian Michler
Ian Michler, a top wildlife guide, photojournalist and naturalist, has spent the last decade documenting the major conservation challenges facing Africa. An author of 6 travel books on various African countries, his work is well known to readers of the award winning...