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Blue Hills Trail Fundraising Banquet Nov 7th

This year’s guest speaker (Dr. Bob Inman) is traveling from western Montana to share his background with banquet attendees. Dr. Inman is a wildlife biologist with 20 years of experience conducting field research, primarily on bears and wolverines. He is one of the world's foremost experts on wolverines, a species whose biology is challenging society to adapt and address major 21st century issues such as connectivity at a grand scale, climate change, and funding non-game species. He and his wife became residents of Ennis, Montana in 2001 when they began leading an intensive, decade-long capture and radio-tracking study of the wolverines of Greater Yellowstone with the Wildlife Conservation Society. The GPS technology that the Inmans applied for the first time to wolverines revealed the amazing capacity of the species to move through rugged terrain and the vast multi-state scale over which conservation of wolverines must occur. Dr. Inman earned his Doctoral degree in Sweden, has published numerous professional papers, and has hosted a series of wolverine workshops including discussions of potential reintroduction projects and techniques for translocating wolverines. He and his colleagues have worked hard to define science-based conservation priorities for wolverines, and Dr. Inman is now focused on following through by developing innovative programs that will help conserve wolverines.

Seating may be limited - please register early