North Lakeland Discovery Center - Timber Wolf Alliance

Timber Wolf Alliance was founded in 1987 to provide support for wolf recovery in the Upper Great Lakes region. The mission of TWA is to use education to promote and maintain a viable population of wolves in the western Great Lakes region with a special emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin.

TWA programs promote strategies which enhance wolf populations and stable interrelationships within the natural community. TWA provides training in wolf biology and ecology, educational materials on wolves, support for state wolf monitoring efforts, and opportunities for volunteers. Volunteer activities include: teaching others about wolves, assisting in wild wolf track surveys, staffing wolf booths at public events and distributing educational materials about wolves. TWA, formerly a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, is now a part of the North Lakeland Discovery Center.

Timber Wolf Alliance 2010 Wolf Awareness Week Poster Contest
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline: May 8, 2010

THE TIMBER WOLF ALLIANCE (TWA), A PROGRAM OF THE NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER OF MANITOWISH WATERS, WISCONSIN, SEEKS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FEATURED ART TO BE PRESENTED ON TWA'S
2010 WOLF AWARENESS WEEK (WAW) POSTER.

Artists working in a two dimensional medium are invited to enter this competition
for the 2010 Wolf Awareness Week poster.

The mission of TWA is to use education to promote and maintain a viable population of wolves in the Great Lakes region. Since 1990, TWA has published a full color poster promoting Wolf Awareness Week. This poster is now distributed throughout the United States and parts of Canada. These limited edition posters frequently become collectors' items within a short time following publication.

TWA is soliciting entries for the 2010 WAW poster from a wide range of artists. In return for the use of the winning artwork, the artist will receive prominent credit on the poster, 200 copies of the poster, and a $500 cash award.

Please see the rules of the competition, along with an entry form. Entries that do not comply with the rules will not be considered. For more information contact Licia Johnson at 715-543-2085 or by email at twa@discoverycenter.net.

Timber Wolf Alliance Programs and Workshops 2010

•Carnivore Tracking Surveys: January –March, 2010 •Weekend with Wolves Workshop: August 7th and 8th, 2010 •Wolf Howling Surveys: July –October, 2010 •Wolf Awareness Week: October 11-17, 2010

****The 2010 Midwest Wolf Stewards Conference is being held on April 21 and 22 at the Frost Centre Institute in Dorset, Ontario. Registration is open now. On site registration will begin at 8:30 am (EST) April 21st, the Conference will start at 10:00 am and wrap up with supper 22nd. For more information contact Brent Petterson at http://people.trentu.ca/brentpatterson/

Check out the new Wisconsin Deer / predator study- http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/harvest/reports/predators.pdf

Timber Wolf Status in Wisconsin

•July 2009 - Wolves returned to federally endangered status •May 2009 - Wolves taken off endangered Species list •September 2008 - Wolves returned to federally endangered status •March 12, 2007 - The Federal government removed the gray wolf population of the western Great Lakes region from the Endangered Species List

Timber Wolf Education Totes and Material are now availabe for loan.

For more information regarding the Timber Wolf Allinace e-mail twa@discoverycenter.net

North Lakeland Discovery Center
P.O. Box 237 ~ Manitowish Waters, WI 54545
Toll Free: (877) 543-2085
twa@discoverycenter.net

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