Wildlife Wire

We are shifting formats here at the Wildlife Wire! News is coming every Tuesday and Interviews on Thursday. Today's news has the following:

The Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust and the Property and Environment Research Center combine efforts to provide elk habitat, while More Perfect Union trolls DOGE with brilliant billboards. Finally, 2 lost Right Whales left Alabama for Canada.

Join Mark and Sam for the top wildlife news stories, including:

Then we are joined by Matt Barnes. Matt is a conservation scientist, rangeland ecologist, and advocate for human-wildlife coexistence based in southwestern Colorado. With a background in wildlife ecology and range science, he has dedicated his career to integrating ecological principles into land management practices across the American West. Barnes has served in various roles, including as a rangeland management specialist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and as a prescribed fire manager with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Through his multifaceted work, Barnes continues to bridge the gap between ecological science and practical land management, aiming to create resilient landscapes that support both human livelihoods and wildlife conservation.

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**Mark said that an animal lacking pigment is melanistic, but they are actually leucistic.**

We will be back to our standard format next week! 

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Then we interview Chris Schadler about eastern coyotes and wolves. Chris taught in the Department of Natural Resources at UNH and lectured at Granite State College since 1993. Her MS in Conservation Biology focused on wolf recovery in Michigan but her real education occurred in NH on her sheep farm, figuring out how to live with coyotes. She is now the NH and VT Rep for Project Coyote, a national organization promoting coexistence with coyotes and for 30 years has lectured throughout New England on the Eastern Coyote. She is a member of the North East Wolf Coalition and leads Wolf Trips to Algonquin Provincial Park and beyond.

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Then, Mark and Sam are joined by Ryan Sedgeley, an advocate for gray wolves and other imperiled species in Colorado for the Endangered Species Coalition.

He holds an M.A. in Environment and Natural Resources and a J.D. from the University of Wyoming. Along with his formal education, he spent nearly 10 years living with wolves, grizzly bears, and bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. He brings that knowledge and experience to his work helping people and organizations in Colorado understand how to live peacefully with wolves and other imperiled species.

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Then, we are joined by Max Seigal, renowned photographer and biologist, to talk wildlife expeditions, how to be a professional adventurer and photographer, and dung of all kinds.

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Then, urban wildlife rehabbers Jack Murphy and Katherine McGill join to discuss nonlethal wildlife conflict solutions for folks encountering unwelcome possums, raccoons, squirrels and more! 

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Then, an interview with leading Grizzly Bear expert, Dr. Chris Servheen on how we can support Grizzly Bear recovery in today's political climate.

Chris was the Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 35 years until retiring in 2016. He coordinated grizzly recovery actions for grizzly bears in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington and cooperated with Canadian researchers and managers in adjacent areas of British Columbia and Alberta.

As a Research Associate Professor at the University of Montana, he taught International Wildlife Conservation for 18 years. He advised 21 graduate students at the University of Montana who worked bears and various research projects in the US and in 7 foreign countries. He was co-chair with Steve Herrero of the BSG for 12 years.

Dr. Servheen has also chaired 8 interagency Boards of Review on human fatalities due to grizzly bear attacks in the lower 48 states.

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Then, an interview with Dr. Fred Koontz an ethological zoologist on ethical considerations in wildlife management.

Dr. Koontz has a long, diverse, wildlife career at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Wildlife Trust (now “EcoHealth Alliance”), Teatown, Woodland Park Zoo, and Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission. Fred has held adjunct appointments at Columbia University, New York University, and University of Washington.

Join Mark and Sam for the top four wildlife news stories of the week, including:

Then, an interview with Emma Helverson, executive director of Wild Fish Conservancy, discussing the intertwined destinies of endangered southern resident orcas and wild salmon.