Gerald Wagner is the Director of the Blackfeet Environmental Program and Director of Blackfeet Nation’s Drinking Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Program. We sat down with Gerald to discuss the insights he’s gained from his extensive work in conservation and his advice for conservation groups who want to partner with Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples.
On 19 November, the Center collaborated with the IUCN WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group and other important partners to lead a 90-minute session titled “Balancing Ecological Connectivity and Linear Infrastructure” as the fifth installment of the Infrastructure and Nature Webinar Series.
Aaron operates the Center’s global networks, including engagement as an NGO Member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and as Secretariat of the Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group under the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. He brings over a decade of diverse professional experience to the Center, applying his background in
Hannah grew up in the greater Seattle area where she learned to enjoy being outdoors no matter the weather. After spending time traveling and organizing humanitarian service projects in Uganda and the West Indies, Hannah moved to Salt Lake City to attend college. Eventually, Hannah felt the pull of her family’s roots in Montana and
Center staff have now returned from their adventures in Montreal, attending the UN Biodiversity Conference. Ecological connectivity—the unimpeded movement of species and the flow of natural processes that sustain life on Earth—was an exciting topic of negotiations and discussions during what is officially referred to as the 15th Conference of the Parties (CoP-15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In the final days of the conference, the governments of 196 countries adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on 18 December 2022. This milestone agreement will now serve as the strategic plan for implementation of the Convention over the period 2022-2030. To date, this is the most significant agreement for bolstering global cooperation to conserve and restore nature.
Submerging ourselves in different perspectives ultimately enriches our work, and nothing facilitates that like delving into a good book. As the bears take to their dens for a long winter’s nap, we nestle into armchairs with blankets and a book in our lap. I was curious what my fellow staff members were reading once the workday ceases, so I asked them what’s atop their nightstands. Some are about facets of our natural world and others may be for those times when we need a break from thinking about environmental challenges.
As Chief Strategy Officer, Deb directs fundraising, external relationships, and partnerships. She provides leadership on communications and organizational development, develops future leadership, ensures the quality of programs, and leads strategic planning for the Center and its conservation programs. In addition to overseeing program and organizational development, Deb ensures implementation of re-granting processes for the Center’s
Promoting Ecological Connectivity Across the Oregon-California Border In 2018, a small, informal partnership formed to promote coordination across jurisdictional boundaries and diverse disciplines to promote ecological connectivity in the greater Cascade-Siskiyou region of southern Oregon and northern California. Since then, the partnership hosted two Connectivity Symposiums at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, with
Back in 2013, conservation journalist Ben Goldfarb toured the Highway 93 wildlife crossings on the Flathead Reservation with crossings expert Marcel Huijser, Center road ecologist Kylie Paul, and others. Little did he know that that day in Montana would send him on a journey to learn more about this world of wildlife crossings, culminating in his literary feat, CROSSINGS: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet. Roads are an omnipresent form of travel, but most humans neglect to recognize them as an obstruction to nature’s natural processes as they bisect habitats and fragment landscapes.
Connecting Landscapes ~ Connecting People Fragmented landscapes isolate and weaken animal populations and disrupt the natural cycles that people and wildlife need to thrive. Climate change further exacerbates these challenges, creating a dual climate/biodiversity crisis. The scale of the problem is vast—and it requires large-scale and data-driven solutions. The Center for Large Landscape Conservation works
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