The Wolf Connection

Cassi Camara is an Environmental Education Specialist for the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. She works to bring conservation, stewardship and environmental education to younger generations both domestically and through her work with the European Union.Cassi went into great detail discussing her environmental educational work in Virginia, bringing those insights to countries in Europe, how Europe and the U.S. differ in their coexistence strategies, and the current reintroduction in Colorado. [email protected] Across Borders@thewolfconnectionpod

Cecilia Di Bernardi is a post doctorate at Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Ecology, SLU, with a research focus in Ecology and Management of large mammals. The majority of her work with wolf populations is conducted within Scandinavia (Sweden & Norway). Cecilia spoke about her background beginning in Rome, Italy. Her main focus of study is wolf diets, identifying individual wolves, and monitoring pack sizes. The majority of her research can be done by collecting scat samples and finding DNA that way. Cecilia Di Bernardi Research PageScandinavian Wolf [email protected]@c_dibernardi@thewolfconnectionpod

Dr. Jeff Reed is a computational linguist who is based just beyond the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. Working in tandem with the Yellowstone Wolf Project, the Cry Wolf Project records wolf sounds 24 hours a day from up to 60 recorders. One of the many goals is to explore wolf communication, what it may mean, and how we can better understand what they are relaying to one another. Dr. Reed went into great detail about how he is able to decipher wolf sounds from other species, how to read those harmonics and frequencies on a spectrogram, the many types of sounds they've found thus far, and how the data collected could help research and coexistence in the future. Languages of Life (Cry Wolf Project)@thelanguagesoflifeAI Powered Devices Track Howls to Save WolvesA New Way to Help Save Yellowstone's WolvesA Bioacoustics Study in Greater Yellowstone (Yellowstone Forever) @thewolfconnectionpod

Kayla Fratt is the Co-Founder of K9 Conservationists, whose mission is to unite highly trained conservation detection dog teams with researchers to collect scientific data. They aim to provide mentorship, education, and foster collaboration among scientists, novice handlers, and local communities.We spoke about the process of selecting dogs for this research, the types of projects Kayla and her team are working on, how their teams collect data, and what types of research they are helping to shed light on.  @[email protected] Conservationists Website@thewolfconnectionpod