Wolf Awareness Week
October 16-22, 2011
Celebrate the importance and beauty of the wolf in our world today. Wolf Awareness week became a national event in 1996. Since that time, Governors from 26 states have proclaimed the third week of October as Wolf Awareness Week. We are proud to say that Washington is one of them.
The goals set for Wolf Awareness Week are to create a consciousness of the role that a predator such as the wolf plays in maintaining a healthy planet. The wolf was all but exterminated from most of its historic range by the early 1900’s. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act and conservation groups like Wolf Haven International, reintroduction of the Wolf into parts of the United States has been successful. This is a crucial time in the process to protect wolves as several states are petitioning to remove the wolf from its protected status.
Timberland Regional Libraries
See the wolf-themed display cases at these Timberland Regional Libraries in October:
- Lacey (first two weeks of October)
- Tenino
- Elma
At the Elma Library on October 17th at 1:00pm, Wolf Haven presents the Wolf Cafe, a program on predator/prey relationships and the importance of predators in ecosystems.
Contact Skie Bender for more information - (360)264-4695 x211
