A CELEBRATION OF PREDATORS AND
OUR WILD NATIONAL HERITAGE
2015 Speak For Wolves Website
On August 7-9, 2015 Americans from all over the
country will meet in West Yellowstone, Montana to discuss, strategize
and unite in building a coalition to address the need to reform wildlife
management in America. It’s time for wildlife management to integrate
the science of the 21st century and the ever-changing demographics and
values of our citizenry. The status quo of wildlife management in
America is broken and it needs to be fixed.
Gray wolves are keystone predators that fill a crucial ecological niche
across the landscape. Known throughout the scientific community as
trophic cascade, wolves are apex predators whose behavior affects dozens
of other species, leading to an increase in biodiversity. Soils, plant
communities, other wildlife species, riparian areas and forests are all
effected by the presence of wolves.
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2015 EVENT LOCATION: UNION PACIFIC DINING LODGE
WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA AUGUST 7-9, 2015 Location Here
A 3-day family-friendly event that will feature
prominent speakers, panel discussions, live music, education booths,
children’s activities, local food vendors and screening of wildlife documentaries.We hope you can join us on August 7-9, 2015 at the historic Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana for Speak for Wolves! 2015 Speak For Wolves Home Website
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Schedule 2015 Speak For Wolves Program
Friday August 7
- 6:00pm doors open with music by Neil Haverstick.
- 7:00pm Screening of OR-7 the Journey with filmmaker Clemens Schenk. Amaroq Weiss of the Center for Biological Diversity will be part of the Q&A session following the film. Tickets cost $10 and can be bought online athttp://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1634194. They can also be purchased at the door-cash only.
Saturday August 8
- 11:30am doors open.
- 12:00pm opening remarks.
- 12:30pm Kim Wheeler, Executive Director of the Red Wolf Coalition, will discuss the plight of red wolves and the USFWS Red Wolf Recovery Program.
- 2:00pm activist Oliver Starr will discuss the reasons for the sharp decline in gray wolf populations in Denali National Park in Alaska and offer remedies.
- 3:00pm Brian Ertz, founder and Board President of Wildlands Defense, will discuss the failure of the controversial McKittrick Policy and why it needs to be reformed.
BREAK
- 6:30pm doors open with live music by Matt Stone.
- 7:00pm Camilla Fox, founder and Executive Director of Project Coyote, will discuss current efforts to end wildlife killing contests on public and private lands. A panel discussion will follow with Amaroq Weiss, West Coast Wolf Organizer of the Center for Biological Diversity, Kevin Bixby, founder and Executive Director of the Southwest Environmental Center, and author/ecologist George Wuerthner.
The entire program on Saturday is free.
Sunday August 9
- 9:00am doors open with music by Goodshield Aguilar.
- 9:30am Mike Mease, co-founder and Board President of Buffalo Field Campaign, will discuss the continued hazing and slaughter of wild buffalo in/around Yellowstone National Park and efforts to list the species under the Endangered Species Act.
- 10:30am Louisa Willcox, wildlife advocate and long-time conservationist, will discuss the government’s ill-conceived push to remove federal protections for grizzly bears and examine the role that states play in wildlife management.
- 11:15am Interpretive dance by choreographer MaryLee Sanders.
- 11:30am Inspirational talk by Jimmy St. Goddard of Blackfeet Nation.
- 12:00pm closing remarks.
The entire program on Sunday is free.
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