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Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:54:55 +0000

Fellow Ospreyers,

Please mark your calendars for this special program sponsored by the Anne Arundel Bird Club!  It is a fund-raising event and donations are requested at the door.  Proceeds in the past have gone to the Atlas project, the MOS Scholarship Fund, etc.

THE QUEST TO SAVE TIGERS, RHINOS, SNOW LEOPARDS, WRINKLE-FACED BATS, BISON, AND SAGE GROUSE: 
A PRESENTATION ON PRESERVING NATURE’S AMAZING CREATURES.
Dr. Eric Dinerstein, World Wildlife Fund’s Chief Scientist and Vice President for Science
Anne Arundel Bird Club Richard E. Heise, Jr.and Quiet Waters Park Annual Wildlife Lecture
 
Monday, March 10, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis

Explore the Earth’s biodiversity with one of the world’s leading conservation biologists, Dr. Eric Dinerstein, in this amazing presentation on his work with the World Wildlife Fund.  He will detail his wildlife studies and conservation work that began 35 years ago studying tigers and their prey in Nepal's Bardia National Park at the base of the Himalayas. Eric, a world-renowned expert on tigers, will discuss his efforts to conserve tigers through one of the most ambitious wildlife recovery projects in Asia that seeks to reconnect 12 parks and reserves across southern Nepal and northern India for tigers. His latest book, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, takes readers on a fantastic journey to wildlife conservation's frontiers.  Dr. Dinerstein will recount his work studying and developing conservation plans for the greater one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal, leading to his book The Return of the Unicorns: The Natural History and Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinocer
os. Eric also will explain how he tracked snow leopards in the Kashmir and established a field research program in northern India for these spectacular but elusive cats.  
Dr. Dinerstein explores his conservation work on other awe-inspiring animals beyond tigers, rhinos, and snow leopards as he illustrates his “inordinate fondness for bats” with his work on the wrinkle-faced bat and the ecology of fruit bats in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.  WWF’s work on the American Prairie Restoration Project in Montana also will be examined. Eric will discuss the Prairie Project's efforts to restore tens of thousands of acres of prairie capable of supporting large herds of truly wild bison and an abundance of other prairie wildlife such as black-footed ferrets and grassland birds such as Greater Sage Grouse and Ferruginous Hawks. 
Eric is author or coauthor of over three dozen peer-reviewed articles and nine books, most related to biodiversity and conservation priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean, Russia, Asia, and Africa.  He was a co-architect of the Global 200 Ecoregions, a systematic analysis identifying the Earth’s most biologically important regions adopted as the blueprint for WWF's conservation work worldwide.
It was the squawk of his first Little Green Heron that awakened Eric to nature's wonders, eventually leading to his wildlife research and conservation efforts, including his being swept down a rain-swollen river on an elephant’s back.  His work on nature’s awe-inspiring creatures has kindled a profound sense of responsibility that we can all emulate: not just to marvel at what we see, but to join in efforts to sustain the planet's exquisite design. Eric’s presentation documents that if we combine science, advocacy, and passion, ambitious visions for conservation of our wild creatures can become reality-even against overwhelming odds.

Posted by Sue Ricciardi for
Gerald Winegrad, AABC Program Chair