2020 Program

The 2020 program was entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Recordings of select sessions from Speak for Wolves 2020 are available on our YouTube channel 

Friday, August 14Quinn Read, Center for Biological Diversity: Working with State Agencies: Commission Reform
Carlos A López González, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico: Mexican Wolf Reintroduction in Northern Mexico: Experiences and Challenges
Noël Purser, Suquamish Tribal Member: Stories of Wolves and Orcas
Rosie Sanchez, Defenders of Wildlife: Reintroduction of Wolves to Colorado
Saturday, August 15Jill Fritz, Humane Society of the United States: Current Efforts to End Wildlife Killing Contests and Protect Wolves [Content warning: This presentation includes graphic images
and footage from wildlife killing contests.]
Forests for Climate Resilience: Forest Defense for Climate and Community Resilience
Thomas Knowles, Echo Conservation Society: Tracking the Echo Creek Wolves: Our Effort to Protect a Wolf Pack in British Columbia
The Beaver Believers fundraiser film screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Sarah Koenigsberg and Beaver Believer & hydrologist Suzanne Fouty
Sunday, August 16Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity: Will Science or Politics Determine the Future of the Mexican Gray Wolf?
Juan Carlos Bravo, Wildlands Network: Advocating for Wolf Connectivity in the US-Mexico Borderlands
Amaroq Weiss, Center for Biological Diversity: Wolves in the Pacific West