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MT: Speak for Wolves August 7-9, 2015 set to take place in West Yellowstone, Montana

by BRETT HAVERSTICK

Hope you can join us on August 7-9, 2015 at the historic Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana for Speak for Wolves!

Friday August 7

■6:00pm doors open with music by Neil Haverstick.
■7:00pm Screening of OR-7 the Journey with filmmaker Clemens Schenk. Amaroq Weiss of the Center for Biological Diversity will be part of the Q&A session following the film. Tickets cost $10 and can be bought online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1634194. They can also be purchased at the door-cash only.

Saturday August 8

■11:30am doors open.
■12:00pm opening remarks.
■12:30pm Kim Wheeler, Executive Director of the Red Wolf Coalition, will discuss the plight of red wolves and the USFWS Red Wolf Recovery Program.
■2:00pm activist Oliver Starr will discuss the reasons for the sharp decline in gray wolf populations in Denali National Park in Alaska and offer remedies.
■3:00pm Brian Ertz, founder and Board President of Wildlands Defense, will discuss the failure of the controversial McKittrick Policy and why it needs to be reformed.

BREAK

■6:30pm doors open with live music by Matt Stone.
■7:00pm Camilla Fox, founder and Executive Director of Project Coyote, will discuss current efforts to end wildlife killing contests on public and private lands. A panel discussion will follow with Amaroq Weiss, West Coast Wolf Organizer of the Center for Biological Diversity, Kevin Bixby, founder and Executive Director of the Southwest Environmental Center, and author/ecologist George Wuerthner.

The entire program on Saturday is free.

Sunday August 9

■9:00am doors open with music by Goodshield Aguilar.
■9:30am Mike Mease, co-founder and Board President of Buffalo Field Campaign, will discuss the continued hazing and slaughter of wild buffalo in/around Yellowstone National Park and efforts to list the species under the Endangered Species Act.
■10:30am Louisa Willcox, wildlife advocate and long-time conservationist, will discuss the government’s ill-conceived push to remove federal protections for grizzly bears and examine the role that states play in wildlife management.
■11:15am Interpretive dance by choreographer MaryLee Sanders.
■11:30am Inspirational talk by Jimmy St. Goddard of Blackfeet Nation.
■12:00pm closing remarks.

The entire program on Sunday is free.

To learn more visit www.speakforwolves.org

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