Maggie Dwire, who has spent the past 14 years working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program, will be the next featured speaker in the Endangered Wolf Center's Speaker Series.
For more than four decades, the Endangered Wolf Center has served as the cornerstone of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mexican wolf program. Dwire, who has served as the program's Assistant Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator since 2008, will visit the Center at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 14, 2014, to offer insight into the program's history, challenges and vision.
She'll share tales of specific Mexican wolves, including Bob and Madre, two wolves with storied connections to the Endangered Wolf Center.
Dwire says her job puts her in a unique situation, with her "head focused on recovery of the Mexican wolf, while one foot is planted in reintroduction and the other foot is planted in captive breeding. Most people work on only one aspect of this program."
Admission is just $15 for this rare chance to meet Dwire and ask questions after her talk. Reservations are required. Seating is limited and is being offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 636-938-5900 now to make reservations.
Dwire's appearance precedes the Mexican Wolf Species Survival Plan annual meeting, which will be held at the Endangered Wolf Center July 15-18. Wildlife managers, scientists, government officials and institutions will come together at the Center to establish priorities for management, husbandry, breeding, research and conservation of the Mexican wolf.
This is the 20th anniversary meeting of the Mexican Wolf SSP. The Endangered Wolf Center has been a member since the plan's inception in 1994.
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