Joe Scott to Discuss Wildlife Conservation Feb. 18 at Western
Joe Scott from Conservation Northwest (CNW) will discuss conservation along the Canada/United States border region as part of Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18 in Communications Facility 110 on the WWU campus.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
The border region contains some of the wildest lands in the contiguous U.S. but some of the most developed in Western Canada. U.S. federal and state wildlife and land management agencies and their Canadian counterparts have inconsistent wildlife laws, policies and mandates and conservation NGOs on either side of the international border often have different priorities, capacities and perspectives on issues affecting wildlife, habitat and economic development.
In his Speaker Series talk titled “Conservation Across Borders,” Scott will describe how Conservation Northwest has straddled the 49th parallel “beauty strip” to help restore at-risk wildlife, plan for climate change, and maintain a seamless ecology between the two countries.
As International Programs Director at Conservation Northwest, Scott manages CNW’s British Columbia portfolio and grizzly bear programs. His work with Canadian colleagues to protect transboundary, at-risk species and habitat led to the Mountain Caribou Project, a coalition effort that helped protect more than five million acres of mountain caribou habitat in B.C.’s Inland Temperate Rainforest. Joe also leads CNW’s grizzly bear recovery work and represents Conservation Northwest on the bi-national Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative.
The presentation will include a question-and-answer period. Anyone interested in the topic is encouraged to attend and participate.
The Huxley College Speaker Series, sponsored by Western’s Huxley College of the Environment, is intended to bring together environmentally-minded members of the WWU and Bellingham communities. Speakers address topics of contemporary environmental concern in the region and the world.
WWU’s Huxley College of the Environment is one of the oldest environmental colleges in the nation and a recognized leader in producing the next generation of environmental professionals and stewards. Huxley’s distinctive, interdisciplinary curriculum reflects a broad view of the physical, biological, social, and cultural world, and has earned international recognition for quality.
For more information, please contact WWU’s Huxley College of the Environment at (360) 650-2554 or Jen.VanderWeyden@wwu.edu.