2022 Program

Saturday August 13

10:00 – 10:20 am	Welcome and Conference Opening
10:20 – 11:15 am	Respecting Otherness: From Wolves to All Animals *Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, PAN Works, Project Coyote, The Rewilding Institute*
11:15 – 12:15 pm	Panel: State Court Litigation Saved Wisconsin Wolves *Jessica Blome, Greenfire Law; Claire Loebs Davis, Animal & Wolf Advocates; Melissa Smith, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife*
12:15 – 12:45 pm	30 minute lunch break
12:45 – 1:15 pm	Michigan’s Secret Wolf Killings *John Barnes, Independent Investigative Journalist*
1:15 – 2:00 pm	An ecologically healthy approach to human-wolf interactions *Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project*
2:00 – 2:15 pm	15 minute break
2:15 – 2:45 pm	Counting Cougars in a Temperate Rainforest: The Olympic Cougar Project *Cameron Macias, University of Idaho*
2:45 – 3:45 pm	The “Decolonization” of Conservation *Jazmin “Sunny” Murphy, Writer*
3:45 – 4:00 pm	15 minute break
4:00 – 4:45 pm	Wolves: A Tribal Perspective *Julian Matthews, Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment*
4:45 – 5:30 pm	Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Updates *John Murtaugh, Defenders of Wildlife*

10:00 – 10:05 am	Day 2 Welcome
10:05 – 11:00 am	Fido for President: Dogs and Politics *Christopher Sebastian, Author, Researcher, Lecturer*
11:00 – 11:45 am	The Status of Wolves in Washington *Lynn Okita, WDFW Wolf Advisory Group, Western Wildlife Outreach*
11:45 – 12:15 pm	Protecting Oregon’s Wildlife From Trapping *Quinn (Quynh Dien) Read, Center for Biological Diversity*
12:15 – 1:00 pm	45 minute lunch break
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Keetch Prey-go-neesh Nes-kwe-chohl: Condors Return Home *Tiana Williams-Claussen, Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department*
2:00 – 2:25 pm	Businesses Supporting Wolf Conservation *Shawn Donnille, Mountain Rose Herbs*
2:25 – 3:05 pm	Federal Authority and Responsibility to Mitigate Carnivore-Livestock Conflicts *Lizzy Pennock, WildEarth Guardians*
3:05 – 3:15 pm	10 minute break
3:15 – 4:00 pm	Art and Wolf Advocacy *Dillon Hanson-Ahumada, Endangered Species Coalition*
4:00 – 4:45 pm	Montana Wolf Update *Stephen Capra, Footloose Montana*
4:45 – 5:00 pm	Conference wrap-up