Naturalist Nights: "War on the West: How the Oil Industry is Carving Up Our Last Best Places" 5:30 pm
Calaway Room
Presented by Wilderness Workshop
Oil and gas development has become the largest single impact on wildlife habitat in Wyoming and several other western states. Learn why an industrial use that typically disturbs only five percent of the landscape directly has had such a major impact on wildlife, which plants and animals are at greatest risk in the West, and what kinds of changes are needed in federal management and industrial practices to allow drilling to coexist with wildlife and other multiple uses on our western landscapes.
Erik Molvar is Executive Director and Wildlife Biologist of Biodiversity Conservation Alliance. In addition to leading the organization, he authors comprehensive, science-based conservation alternatives for large-scale land management plans, drafts comments and administrative appeals on projects affecting public lands, and works closely with the media. Erik's studies are internationally published, and he is the author of 14 wilderness guides. Erik has a Master of Science degree from University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Presentation also given at: Aspen Center For Environmental Studies (ACES): 100 Puppy Smith St., Aspen - Thursday, Feb 23rd, 7:30 pm