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P.O.Box 77
Baraboo, WI 53913
608.355.0279
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Brown Bag Seminars
Thoughout the summer, ALF will offer periodic brownbag seminars from 12-1pm on weekdays. Brown Bags will cover a variety of conservation-related topics, taking advantage of scholars who are in the area or timely events. Brown Bag seminars will be advertised in our local area, and will also be posted here as they are scheduled.
Mark Madison
Never Cry Wolf: The Strange Case of the Red Wolf Reintroduction
October 30, 12:00-1:30pm. Join us for a lunchtime talk with Mark Madison, national historian for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The red wolf once ranged widely over the southeastern United States. Yet, by the 1970s, it was considered America's most endangered mammalian species. Following the 1973 Endangered Species Act, a Red Wolf Recovery Program was implemented. The program began in controversy—the remaining red wolves were captured, making them extinct in the wild. The Fish and Wildlife Service began captive breeding programs, seeking to reintroduce the red wolf into its former habitat. However, successful reintroduction was thwarted by a new more rigorous definitions of “species.” The red wolf commonly bred with coyotes, which were now ubiquitous in the wolf ’s former range. Interbreeding led to difficulties in identifying specimens and even called into question the legitimacy of the entire red wolf species. The hybrids were deemed inferior species and destroyed. Humans had created the initial disruptions and now found themselves powerless to preserve the essential species. Without more effective breeding barriers there is little hope of keeping the two closely related species from interbreeding.
Southwest Celebration of Leopold in 2009
In New Mexico and Arizona, we’re collaborating on a year-long series of events in 2009 to celebrate Leopold’s legacy in the southwest. The year marks the centennial of Leopold’s arrival in Springerville, Arizona—then 60 miles from the end of the railroad line—to join the ranks of the U.S. Forest Service. Networks are developing in communities across both states, and volunteers are welcome. Planning meetings have been held in Albuquerque, Flagstaff, Prescott, and Tucson.
Check out the Leopold Centennial website to learn more: www.leopoldcelebration.org