| February 2009
TOPIC: From Rainforests to Polar Bears: Tackling Alaska’s Conservation Challenges
SPEAKER: Lauren Hierl -- Alaska Policy Office, National Audubon
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 17
TIME: 7:00 pm Refreshments
TIME: 7:30 pm Program
WHERE: Auditorium
UW Arboretum
PARKING: Free parking at the Arboretum
PRE-MEETING DINNER: You are invited to join Madison Audubon board members and friends at the pre-program dinner with our speaker beginning at 5:15.
Paisan's 131 West Wilson Street
QUESTIONS?: Please call the MAS office at (608)255-2473.
Alaska contains our largest and most spectacular public lands, including National Parks, National Forests, and National Wildlife Refuges. Alaska is also home to incredibly diverse wildlife, from bald eagles, brown bears, and salmon in the south to polar bears, musk oxen, and snowy owls in the north.
These public lands are facing critical conservation threats ranging from oil drilling on important wildlife habitats in the North Slope to logging rare old-growth temperate rainforest in the Tongass National Forest.
Audubon is scientifically identifying and prioritizing the most important wildlife habitats in these threatened regions, and is working hard to protect these priority areas from development.
Learn what’s being done to protect Alaska’s public lands, and what you can do to help.
Lauren Hierl is the National Audubon Society’s traveling ambassador for protecting Alaska’s natural riches. She has worked on conservation projects from Maine to southern California, and has published several journal articles on her work. She has hiked and backpacked in more than 50 national parks across North America and abroad, including recent stints in Kruger National Park, South Africa and the Annapurna region of Nepal. She received her BA in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College, and Master of Environmental Management and Master of Public Policy degrees from Duke University. She is now excited to be working on the critical conservation threats facing our public lands in Alaska.
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