Re-Enchanting the City III 2004 Conference Photos
On October 16, 2004, over 200 Officials, Educators, Students, and Acitivists attended the Re-Enchanting the City III Conference
at Friendship Auditorium in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California.
The theme of the conference was "Overpassses, Under Crossings, Wild Corridors, Green Passages
For Our Wildlife". Conference attendees heard presentations by experts, and later joined in workshops about the importance
and need for wildlife corridors, what is already being to done to provide them, and what needs to be done in the future
to guarantee the creation and expansion of wildlife corridors between increasingly fragmented wildlife
habitat.
As conference speaker Paul Caron, Chief District Biologist of the California Department of Transportation
stated:
"Growth is inevitable.,, With growth comes more roads, and with those roads, consideration to the
wildlife it will affect is a growing concern for managers, engineers, biologists, and ecologists.
Planning, mitigation, maintenance, and monitoring are the keys to an effective plan for wildlife
crossings."
Some of the distinguished speakers and the issues they discussed were:
Dr. John Hadidian, Director of Urban Wildlife, Humane Society of the United States: OUR WILDLIFE NEEDS HELP! GREEN CORRIDORS AND GREEN ACTIVISM,
Paul Caron, Chief District Biologist, California Department of Transportation: BARRIER TO DIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE, THE 118 FREEWAY AND OTHER DILEMMAS
Susan Hagood, Wildlife Expert, HSUS: OVERPASSES, UNDERCROSSINGS AND WILD CORRIDORS; THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Dr. Ray Sauvajot, Chief of Planning and Extension, National Park Service: BIODIVERSITY AND THE MOUNTAIN LION PROJECT
Kristeen Penrod, Executive Director, South Coast Wild Lands: THE MISSING LINKAGES; RESTORING CONNECTIONS IN MOUNTAIN HABITAT
Here are some photos from the conference:
Dr. John Hadidian tells us how to be activists for wildlife corridors.
Dr. Ray Sauvajot describes the mountain lion family collared and tracked for the Mountain Lion Project.
Dr. Sauvajot discusses urban wildlife issues with Los Angeles Wildlife Officers Wendell Bowers and Greg Randall.
Student activists discuss the role of wildlife in Chumash Tribal beliefs.
This conference will be repeated on October 21, 2006 at the same Friendship Auditorium location.
Come join us at Re-Enchanting the City IV for this continuing educational event. You can signup and see more about the event by clicking on the link below.
THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT WILDLIFE!
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