|
|
|
|
Dear (Contact First Name),
Summer brings exciting changes at the WILD office! Field project updates, new interns, gearing up for WILD10 (stay tuned for more news!), and much more.
Our strategy for the Mali Elephant Project has proven to be quite successful! Read below to see what Dr. Susan Canney, Project Manager, has to say about the project.
WILD is especially excited to announce our brand new homepage design--have you seen it yet?! We are thrilled to share the new face of WILD with you and hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments, and as always, thank you for your support!
Warm wishes,
The WILD Staff
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mali Elephant Project
Our strategy is working!
|
|
|
 Providing water in an area of good pasture outside the elephant range for the people living around Lake Banzena has been a top priority for the Mali Elephant Project. This is to enable the local population to move from Lake Banzena and leave this key dry season water for elephant use only (see blogpost "Action at Lake Banzena").
Sinking three boreholes sounds straightforward but the reality has been an adventure - full of ups and downs - as we have had to grapple with difficult terrain, deep and fractured water tables, match administrative and operational requirements, the resurgence of troubles in the north of Mali and all that goes with that. However determination, persistence and commitment from all concerned - the community, project personnel, the Mali government's Direction of Water and Forests, and our courageous contractor, Boly - has meant that this week we have reached a watershed. The boreholes have been completed and we have evidence that our strategy is working.
> Read the full blog by Project Manager, Dr. Susan Canney |
New Intern: Margo Fraser
WILD10 Outreach |
|
 I recently returned from a year-long study abroad in Barcelona, Spain, and will be attending the University of Colorado in the fall for my senior year as an undergrad student. Living in Spain was an important learning experience and I am constantly thankful that I was lucky enough to spend time in such a wonderful country. My degree at CU will be in Sociology, but the environmental studies classes that I have taken have sparked my interest in conservation movements and environmental issues. Though I am not yet positive which way my career path will take me, I know that I have a strong desire to work in an area that will be supportive and beneficial for the world that we live in. This is one of the many reasons that I am excited to be working as a new intern at The WILD Foundation in my beautiful hometown of Boulder, Colorado! I also hope to be able to contribute my knowledge of the Spanish culture to help with the WILD10 efforts.
In my free time I love to hike, do yoga, ski, cook, sing, play guitar, read, take photographs, and just spend time outside. I have also been fortunate enough to travel to numerous different countries around Europe along with South Africa. I look forward to my summer with the WILD Foundation, and would love to be able to give back to my community in some way throughout my life! This photo was taken in Cape Town, South Africa in the summer of 2010. While I was there, I went on an amazing wildlife safari through Kruger National Park and even attended a couple World Cup soccer matches!
|
Tracks of Giants
1/3 of the way done! |
|
|
The Tracks team has successfully completed the first third of the expedition! This translates as approximately 1,700 km of walking and cycling through the varied and often spectacular landscapes of Namibia and now, the wooded and largely uninhabited region of western Botswana. The team will be out of communications for the next several weeks as they paddle through the kayaking portions of Botswana. Aside from a few crocodile and hippo scares, we are happy to report that they are faring quite well.
Be sure to follow along on the blog, Facebook & Twitter! We are continuously updating the Tracks website with new content, images and videos. Click below to see the latest video of the team hiking through the Skeleton Coast!
 | | Tracks of Giants: Hiking the Skeleton Coast |
  
|
|
Wilderness Reflections, Youth Quest 2012
Spots are still available!
A Wilderness Rite of Passage for Youth Ages 15-19
August 4-12, 2012
Inyo National Forest, California, USA
This trip is an amazing opportunity to dive deeply into yourself and your life, while also being a part of a creative, supportive and honest circle of your peers. Sharon Shay Sloan is the Program Manager of WILD's Native Lands and Wilderness Council. Though not a program of WILD,
we fully support Wilderness Reflections quest experiences.
|
|
|
|
|
