<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow&#039;s Research Blog</provider_name><provider_url>https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022</provider_url><author_name>Marina</author_name><author_url>https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/</author_url><title>gila wilderness / mexican wolf recovery contacts</title><html>&lt;strong&gt;Huge props to my collaborator &lt;a href=&quot;http://itp.nyu.edu/~cl2346/blog/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Christie Leece!&lt;/a&gt;
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In addition to my generous, amazing hosts &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fragmentedimages.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Michael Berman&lt;/a&gt; and Jennifer Six, I&#039;m privileged to have met or spoken with a variety of informed people, specialists on all sides of the wolf reintroduction issues,  experts  and locals specifically in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area, and conservation and animal behavior researchers at large.

Kim McCreery,  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nmwild.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;New Mexico Wilderness Alliance&lt;/a&gt;
Dave Parsons, carnivore conservation biologist
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cougarnet.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Harley Shaw&lt;/a&gt;, wildlife biologist and mountain lion expert
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aldosattic.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Patty Woodruff&lt;/a&gt;, wildlife biologist / naturalist
Steve Dobrott, manager of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tedturner.com/ranches_Template.asp?page=ranches-ladder.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ladder Ranch&lt;/a&gt;
Todd Schulke, cofounder, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Center for Biological Diversity&lt;/a&gt;
Bill Mader, wildlife biologist&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sharmanaptrussell.com/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;
Sharman Apt Russell&lt;/a&gt;, nature/science writer
Peter Russell, city planner, Silver City NM
Cynthia Wolf, wildlife biologist, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wildbynaturetours.com/&quot;&gt;Wild by Nature Tours&lt;/a&gt;
Michael Robinson, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/gray_wolves/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Center for Biological Diversity
&lt;/a&gt;Jess Carey, Catron County Wolf Interaction Investigator&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.delene.us/DB/Welcome.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;
Delene Beeland&lt;/a&gt;, nature writer
&lt;a href=&quot;http://works.bepress.com/ed_frederickson/doctype.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ed L. Fredrickson&lt;/a&gt;, livestock specialist on heritage breeds and professor of agriculture&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/gray_wolves/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;Liz Jozwiak, project coordinator, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/mexicanwolf/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fish and Wildlife Service&#039;s Interagency Field Team&lt;/a&gt;
Chris Bagnoli, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/gray_wolves/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Arizona Game and Fish Department
&lt;/a&gt;Wendy Peralta, Glenwood Trading Post
Ysabel Campbel and Paul Luecke,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gilahotspringsranch.com/doccampbellspost/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; Doc Campbell&#039;s Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/gray_wolves/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;Joe Saenz, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wolfhorseoutfitters.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Wolfhorse Outfitters&lt;/a&gt;
Cynthia Bettison, archaeologist, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wnmumuseum.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;museum director at Western New Mexico University&lt;/a&gt;
Carey Dobson, Timberline Ranch. AZ
Michael Metcalf and Christine Rickman
Faye McCalmont, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mimbresarts.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mimbres Region Arts Council&lt;/a&gt;, Floyd McCalmont, Builder
Elena Gellert, Black Gold Emporium, Reserve
Nancy Kaminski, Gila Conservation Education Center
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.davemech.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dave Mech&lt;/a&gt;, wildlife research biologist
Sue Morse, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.keepingtrack.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Keeping Track&lt;/a&gt;
Maggie Howell, managing director,  &lt;a href=&quot;http://nywolf.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Wolf Conservation Center&lt;/a&gt;
Rebecca Bose, curator, &lt;a href=&quot;http://nywolf.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Wolf Conservation Center&lt;/a&gt;
Stewart Breck, wildlife biologist, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/scientists/breck.shtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;USDA-National Wildlife Research Center&lt;/a&gt;
Julie Hecht, MSc, lab manager, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.columbia.edu/~ah2240/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab&lt;/a&gt; @ Barnard College
John A. Shivik, mammals coordinator, &lt;a href=&quot;http://wildlife.utah.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Utah Division of Wildlife Resources&lt;/a&gt;

A BIG thank you to the Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, for their support.</html><type>rich</type></oembed>