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In the Footsteps of Thesiger
Years ago, in a used book store, I discovered The Marsh Arabs, by Wilfred Thesiger. I devoured it — learning a lot about the cultures of the Shia Muslim tribes who live in the marshlands of the Tigris- Euphrates rivers in SE Iraq along the Iran border —...
Getting Down to Brass Tacks (Or Cement Pylons) On the I-70 Wildlife Bridge
By Paige Singer Habitat Connectivity Program Director Rocky Mountain Wild, WILD and other partners continue to forge ahead in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bring you the first-ever wildlife overpass across Interstate 70. This...
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Wildlife Crossing Structures: An Innovative Global Conservation Strategy
A global movement to reconnect wildlife habitats and offer animals and drivers safe passage while traveling (or migrating!) has been gaining momentum for the past several decades. This article highlights some notable examples of how wildlife crossing structures have...
Forever Wild: Rhino recovery project
With tragedy, there is sometimes also hope. On 2 March 2012, three rhinos were poached at the Kariega Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape. Tragically one male rhino was fatally injured and died during the course of the night, but two rhinos, a male and a female survived....
Return of the Auroch to Central Europe
The main icon for WILD10 is the auroch, the large, wild bovine herbivore that roamed Europe for many thousands of years, shaping the landscape, until it was extirpated almost 400 years ago. The artistic impression we use (created by Jaime Rojo) is from one of the...
A WILD week in Madrid…
People often ask me “What do you actually do? …usually thinking that I must spend all my time in the wild, with wildlife, whatever. Well, though my work is for wildness, it is mostly with people, because that is where the change needs to happen. It is usually slow...
Great News on the Flathead Valley!
Conservation groups announced last week that they have mobilized more than $10 million in public and private funds to protect from mining and oil and gas development the spectacular and internationally important in the Flathead River Valley, a vast wilderness that...
National Wilderness Month
Perhaps not at the top of list for politicking in the steamy race for the U.S. Presidency, wilderness remains a priority for the current Administration and will be on the agenda for the next Congress. President Barack Obama has declared September as National...