The Wolf Connection

Emily Weidner has been a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Biologist at the Bend Field Office in Orgeon since 2017. She is the office lead for eagles, sage-grouse, bats and wolves. Emily spoke about her role as a USFWS Biologist in Oregon, the types of research happening with wolves in their specific area, told us an incredible wolf encounter story, and about her experiences in the field. @onebrownlegU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Bend, OR)@thewolfconnectionpod

21 Juni 202459min

Screenwriter, director and producer Ashley Avis came back to Wolf Connection for the second time in 2 weeks! Ashley filmed at Wolf Connection for the new initiative, A Cry for the Wild, which will culminate in a 3-day event & rally for wolves and wildlife in Washington, D.C. this month. She also disclosed information about the next steps in the new film project, American Wolf. Ashley is the President of The Wild Beauty Foundation, wrote, directed and edited Black Beauty on Disney+ ...

7 Juni 202420min

Ashley Avis is a screenwriter, director and producer of 6 feature films and is the President of The Wild Beauty Foundation. She is the writer, director and editor for Black Beauty on Disney+ and directed the award winning documentary Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West. Ashley spoke about her visit to Wolf Connection, her new film project, American Wolf, and the similarities between her work with wild horses and wolves. Watch the video podcast on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/c...

31 Maj 202434min

Cara Love is an Evolutionary Biologist and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. She has been studying wolves in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl for over a decade. Cara’s goal is to help further our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary ramifications anthropogenic stressors have on wildlife populations. Cara described her research on how wolves are surviving in and around Chernobyl, the ways in which they are collecting...

24 Maj 202446min

This is the third edition of 'Wolf Tracks'! We discussed the Cody Robert's fallout in Wyoming, along with other stories pertaining to wolves with Carter Niemeyer. Carter retired from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2006 as the Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the state of Idaho. He was an integral part of the Federal Wolf Reintroduction in both Yellowstone and Idaho. Carter has authored two books, Wolfer and Wolf Land, which can be purchased through multiple book retailers. Here are t...

17 Maj 20241h 1min

Bill Watkins has been part of the Transportation System and Wilderness Tour Guide at Denali National Park for over 30 years. He is also the Administrator for the Denali Wolves group on Facebook, and is a conservation, wildlife and landscape photographer. Bill spoke with us about his experiences guiding in the park, the changing dynamics in tourism as wolf watching and bear viewing has been in decline, and the impacts that wildlife mismanagement has had on predators around Denali National Pa...

9 Maj 202454min

Ramey Newell is an American-Canadian filmmaker, photographer, and multidisciplinary artist who splits her time between British Columbia and Oregon. Her new film, A Good Wolf, is a feature-length documentary that explores diverging viewpoints on what 'A Good Wolf' means to different individuals. Those views are explored within the context of this lengthy, emotionally charged, and continuing battle over how wolves (and bears) are managed at the northeast boundary of Denali National Park. ...

3 Maj 202446min

Will Stenberg is a writer and musician, and his brother Zack Stentz is a writer and film producer know for his work on films like X-Men: First Class & Thor. Stampede Ventures recently optioned the rights to Rick McIntyre's first 3 books in the Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone book series to Will and Zack to script a film adaptation. Will and Zack spoke about their childhood experiences in nature, the journey of ultimately being selected to bring Rick McIntyre's books to the screen, and the...

25 Apr 202450min