April 24th - 26th
Little America Hotel
Flagstaff, AZ

Papers are now being accepted for the 2007 North American Wolf Conference. The conference is being held for the first time in the Southwest -- at the beautiful Little America Hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona, with a field trip on Friday, April 27th to the Grand Canyon.

The conference serves as a bridge to bring together leading wolf biologists, conservationists, livestock owners, depredation specialists, educators and state, tribal and federal wolf managers to share information ranging from ecological and genetic research, nonlethal techniques to reduce livestock conflicts, to economic and environmental impacts of wolf restoration. Former presenters include, Ed Bangs, Lu Carbyn, Jamie Rappaport Clark, Steven Fritts, William Lynn, L. David Mech, Marco Musiani, Paul Paquet, Doug Smith, Robert Wayne and many more.

Please submit a single-spaced abstract (up to 500 words) with your full contact information, affiliations and authors by e-mail to Suzanne Stone at: sstone@defenders.org by February 1, 2007.

If possible, please submit a digital picture related to your research or topic to include in the agenda and conference Web sites.

We can also scan images sent by mail to:

North American Wolf Conference
P.O. Box 773
Boise, Idaho 83701

For more information e-mail or call Laura Jones, Western Species Coordinator, Defenders of Wildlife at ljones@defenders.org or (541) 552-9653.

Conference registration opens on December 1, 2006. Please visit Defender's Web site for registration details.