by Vance Martin | Mar 19, 2012
The rhino poaching crisis is escalating daily. Of the world’s total rhinos (approximately 20,000 white rhino, and 4,000 black rhino), 80% are in South Africa, so that is where the poaching syndicates concentrate. So far this year, until 15 March, 135 rhino have been...
by Vance Martin | Feb 28, 2012
Orion’s belt is now in the center of my sky. The moon is half, waxing to full. The air is cold, crisp and there is a heavy stillness, deathly quiet. It is January 1, 2012, I think. Something made me stir from my dreamtime and I slowly lift my eyelids to gather...
by Amy Lewis | Feb 22, 2012
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...
by Amy Lewis | Feb 20, 2012
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...
by Amy Lewis | Feb 7, 2012
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,...
by Vance Martin | Feb 3, 2012
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...
by Amy Lewis | Feb 2, 2012
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...
by Morgan Heim | Feb 1, 2012
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...
by Amy Lewis | Jan 31, 2012
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!...
by Amy Lewis | Jan 4, 2012
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...
