BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wenatcheeriverinstitute.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2. 30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:0735899b-a644-438b-91a3-b08bf9900caa X-WR-CALDESC:Doors open at 6:30pm for community social and no-host refreshm ents\, presentation begins at 7pm.\n\nLearn about coexisting with large ca rnivores from Western Wildlife Outreach (WWO). WWO is a Port Townsend\, WA nonprofit organization focusing their outreach and education on helping p eople live\, work and recreate near large\, wild carnivores –bears\, couga rs and wolves!\n\nExecutive Director Lorna Smith and her husband Darrell S mith\, WWO’s Lead Scientist\, frequently give talks and demonstrations all around the Pacific Northwest about large carnivore ecology and behavior\, providing information on what to do if any of these wild animals are enco untered.\n\n“The world needs our top predators. Without them biodiversity and ecological health suffers\,” states Lorna. \n\nNumerous areas in and a round the Cascade Range support healthy populations of black bear. WWO pro motes safe coexistence among black bears\, humans\, pets\, and livestock. Their Grizzly Bear Outreach Project helps to disseminate a more accurate u nderstanding of grizzly bear behavior\, as well as information about grizz ly recovery in the North Cascades and Selkirk Ecosystems.\n\nThis past win ter brought a number of cougar encounters to the upper Wenatchee Valley. W WO’s Cougar Outreach provides educational materials about cougar behavior\ , habitat needs\, their prey base\, and what to do should you encounter a cougar.\n\nRich Beausoleil\, Bear and Cougar Specialist and Karelian Bear Dog Program lead for WA Department of Fish and Wildlife\, will also take p art in the evening’s presentation. Beausoleil will be accompanied by his K arelian Bear Dog Indy\, and answer questions about non-lethal predator ave rsion\, wildlife issues in the Wenatchee Valley\, and preventing wildlife conflicts. Karelian Bear Dogs are trained to haze bears and other wild ani mals from areas where they are not welcome.\n\nSaid Beausoleil\, “I was ju st in downtown Leavenworth Monday [Mar. 25th] because a family of bears wa s utilizing Enchantment Park due to the amount of attractants people had l eft out. It is important to understand it is a matter of personal responsi bility to avoid conflicts with wildlife.”\n\nWWO’s Gray Wolf Outreach prov ides current\, sound-science as well as techniques to successfully coexist with wolves\, and how to employ non-lethal wolf management measures whene ver possible. Gray wolf populations are being reestablished across the Wes tern United States and since 2008\, have come of their own volition north from Canada into Washington State.\n\nThe Smiths are a wildlife biologist- ecologist team and have spent their careers working on wildlife and wildli fe habitat related issues\, as well as endangered species management. They share a lifelong interest in\, and experience with\, large carnivores. Lo rna has served on boards of directors for a number of Northwest environmen tal organizations\, and has over 30 years of experience managing large con servation projects and campaigns. Darrell\, with degrees in both fisheries and wildlife\, has lead large-scale habitat restoration projects\, manage d watershed and forestry evaluations\, and worked with large carnivores fo r more than 30 years. \n\n X-WR-RELCALID:d54d8814eca2d2291466ea4676fa0da6 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20191103T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20200308T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71ad49e4-6c3f-44de-88c6-928df1de32de DTSTAMP:20260521T163143Z DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 6:30pm for community social and no-host refreshme nts\, presentation begins at 7pm.\n\nLearn about coexisting with large car nivores from Western Wildlife Outreach (WWO). WWO is a Port Townsend\, WA nonprofit organization focusing their outreach and education on helping pe ople live\, work and recreate near large\, wild carnivores –bears\, cougar s and wolves!\n\nExecutive Director Lorna Smith and her husband Darrell Sm ith\, WWO’s Lead Scientist\, frequently give talks and demonstrations all around the Pacific Northwest about large carnivore ecology and behavior\, providing information on what to do if any of these wild animals are encou ntered.\n\n“The world needs our top predators. Without them biodiversity a nd ecological health suffers\,” states Lorna. \n\nNumerous areas in and ar ound the Cascade Range support healthy populations of black bear. WWO prom otes safe coexistence among black bears\, humans\, pets\, and livestock. T heir Grizzly Bear Outreach Project helps to disseminate a more accurate un derstanding of grizzly bear behavior\, as well as information about grizzl y recovery in the North Cascades and Selkirk Ecosystems.\n\nThis past wint er brought a number of cougar encounters to the upper Wenatchee Valley. WW O’s Cougar Outreach provides educational materials about cougar behavior\, habitat needs\, their prey base\, and what to do should you encounter a c ougar.\n\nRich Beausoleil\, Bear and Cougar Specialist and Karelian Bear D og Program lead for WA Department of Fish and Wildlife\, will also take pa rt in the evening’s presentation. Beausoleil will be accompanied by his Ka relian Bear Dog Indy\, and answer questions about non-lethal predator aver sion\, wildlife issues in the Wenatchee Valley\, and preventing wildlife c onflicts. Karelian Bear Dogs are trained to haze bears and other wild anim als from areas where they are not welcome.\n\nSaid Beausoleil\, “I was jus t in downtown Leavenworth Monday [Mar. 25th] because a family of bears was utilizing Enchantment Park due to the amount of attractants people had le ft out. It is important to understand it is a matter of personal responsib ility to avoid conflicts with wildlife.”\n\nWWO’s Gray Wolf Outreach provi des current\, sound-science as well as techniques to successfully coexist with wolves\, and how to employ non-lethal wolf management measures whenev er possible. Gray wolf populations are being reestablished across the West ern United States and since 2008\, have come of their own volition north f rom Canada into Washington State.\n\nThe Smiths are a wildlife biologist-e cologist team and have spent their careers working on wildlife and wildlif e habitat related issues\, as well as endangered species management. They share a lifelong interest in\, and experience with\, large carnivores. Lor na has served on boards of directors for a number of Northwest environment al organizations\, and has over 30 years of experience managing large cons ervation projects and campaigns. Darrell\, with degrees in both fisheries and wildlife\, has lead large-scale habitat restoration projects\, managed watershed and forestry evaluations\, and worked with large carnivores for more than 30 years. \n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T203000 LOCATION:WRI Red Barn \ 347 Division St. in Leavenworth SUMMARY:Western Wildlife Outreach presents\, Coexisting with Large Carnivor es END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR