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Smith Nature Symposium 2007
Connecting Wild Spaces
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Keynote Address
Karsten Heuer Wildlife biologist and author Karsten Heuer will share his experiences following some of North America’s most endangered wildlife to highlight the importance of wildlife corridors. He will draw on two epic journeys – hiking from Yellowstone to the Yukon, and walking and skiing with 123,000 caribou for five months from their Yukon Winter range to endangered Alaskan calving grounds and back.
Award Presentation
Friends of Ryerson Woods is proud to present their annual award for leadership in the field of conservation and nature to Gerald Adelmann. As executive director of Openlands since 1988, and more recently CorLands, Adelmann has been a passionate and instrumental voice in regional conservation. Adelmann founded the first National Heritage Corridor in the US along the Illinois and Michigan Canal and has been deeply engaged in sustainable development in Yunnan, China since the early 1990’s.
Karsten Heuer Wildlife biologist and author Karsten Heuer will share his experiences following some of North America’s most endangered wildlife to highlight the importance of wildlife corridors. He will draw on two epic journeys – hiking from Yellowstone to the Yukon, and walking and skiing with 123,000 caribou for five months from their Yukon Winter range to endangered Alaskan calving grounds and back.
Award Presentation
Friends of Ryerson Woods is proud to present their annual award for leadership in the field of conservation and nature to Gerald Adelmann. As executive director of Openlands since 1988, and more recently CorLands, Adelmann has been a passionate and instrumental voice in regional conservation. Adelmann founded the first National Heritage Corridor in the US along the Illinois and Michigan Canal and has been deeply engaged in sustainable development in Yunnan, China since the early 1990’s.
