Join us for a series of virtual events as we explore topics including wildlife conservation, hunting, and humanitarian programs in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Each event is complimentary for SCI members, advance registration is required.
Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 7:00pm
According to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), there are approximately 7,000 reported collisions involving animals in our state annually. The actual number of collisions, however, is estimated to be 3-5 times higher than what is being reported. In plain terms, we may be losing as many as 35,000 animals, mostly deer and elk, each year due to collisions with vehicles. If we don’t intervene, as the human population grows so will the number of collisions and casualties.
The Oregon Wildlife Foundation (OWF) will join us to share details about wildlife crossing projects including the Gilchrist Wildlife Undercross. This project is located on Highway 97, along the eastside of the Cascades and across a historic mule deer migration corridor. Each year animals travel to their summer range high in the Cascades, returning to the desert in late Fall. As part of this migration, many mule deer will cross busy Highway 97 resulting in high numbers of collisions with vehicles. In this particular migration corridor, vehicle collisions account for 20% of all known mule deer deaths.
Photo: nesbitt hunting
Thursday, March 11, 2021 - WATCH NOW
The Zimbabwe Professional Guides Association has recently launched an initiative designed to guard against poaching while protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat. Lance Nesbitt, a GAP Trustee, will join us to share more about this program, how professional hunting plays a vital role in the effort, and how the pandemic has impacted the industry.
Nesbitt is a fully licensed Professional Hunter in Zimbabwe where he has spent the last 15 years hunting dangerous game. He is an African Professional Hunters Association Life Member, currently on the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides committee, and is involved with the examination process.
Guides Against Poaching Initiative
The Guides Against Poaching initiative has been set up to help, assist and support existing conservation efforts against poaching and the protection of Wildlife & Wildlife habitat.
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