EVENTS

• Feb. 9: Public Hearing on Wolf-killing Bill in Oregon (OR)
• Feb. 21: Presentation: "Lions, Wolves and Bears" (AZ)
• Feb 29, Mar. 1: Film Screening: Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (OR)
• Feb. 17-19: Desert Tortoise Council Symposium (NV)
• Mar. 2, 4: Film: Who Bombed Judi Bari? (CA, DC)
• Mar. 11: An Evening With the Center (AZ)
• Ongoing: Global Amphibian Bioblitz: Saving Amphibians Through Social Networking (worldwide)
• Ongoing: FUEL: The Film (national)

Public Hearing on Wolf-killing Bill in Oregon
February 9, 2012
Salem, Oregon

Last fall, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a kill order for the Imnaha pack's alpha male and one other wolf. With two wolves killed by the state earlier in the year and others dispersed, including Journey — the first wild wolf to travel to California since 1924 — these killings would have left the pack with only the alpha female and a pup to survive the winter.

Fortunately, the wolves were granted a stay of execution by the Oregon Court of Appeals, in response to a lawsuit from the Center and our allies. That stay remains in place, but the Oregon Cattlemen's Association is pushing a state bill to create a wolf-pack-sized loophole in the state Endangered Species Act and allow the killing of the Imnaha pack.

Please come speak out in support of the Imnaha pack and letting Oregon's wolves live at a hearing, in front of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, this Thursday, Feb. 9, in Hearing Room D of the state capitol in Salem, 900 Court St. NE.

RSVP to Noah Greenwald now, and learn more about the Center’s fight to restore gray wolves.

Presentation: "Lions, Wolves and Bears"
February 21, 2012
Tucson, Arizona

Please join us in Tucson for "Lions, Wolves and Bears," a talk by acclaimed environmental author George Wuerthner exploring the critical role of predators in the natural world.

The talk will cover three themes: the ecological effect of predators on other species and plant communities; how indiscriminate killing — whether by hunters or government agencies — disrupts predators' social relationships, creating more conflicts with humans; and the many successful methods of reducing conflicts that humans can employ to minimize the need for predator control.

Wuerthner will be joined by Center for Biological Diversity staff, including Assistant Executive Director Sarah Bergman, who will be on hand to answer questions and share information about the Center's efforts to protect predators and other imperiled species, as well as our overall conservation work in the Southwest.

When: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, 6:30 - 8 p.m. (talk at 6:30, Q & A at 7:30)

Where: Pima County Main Library (101 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ) Children's Meeting Room

Learn more about our campaign to protect predators.

Film Screening: Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
February 29 and March 1, 2012
Portland, Oregon

In the past year, the world population grew to 7 billion people. Human population growth (coupled with unsustainable consumption) is a driving factor in a long list of global environmental crises, including climate change, habitat loss, species extinction, water shortages and depletion of natural resources. Ensuring access to voluntary family planning, empowering women and improving education may be our best chances to live in the world we want. Join us for either of two screenings of the award-winning film Mother: Caring for 7 Billion, followed by a discussion with organizers from the Center and the Sierra Club.

The screenings are free.

Details:
Wednesday, Feb. 29, 6-8 p.m.
In Other Words, 15 NE Killingsworth St.
On the 4 and 72 bus lines

Thursday, March 1, 5-7 p.m.
University of Oregon, Gerlinger 248

RSVP to the Center's Amy Harwood. Then check out our 7 Billion and Counting campaign and the poster for the Feb. 29 film screening.

Film: Who Bombed Judi Bari?
March 2 and 4, 2012
San Francisco, California, and Washington, D.C.

May 24 will mark the 22nd anniversary of the pipe bomb that ripped through the car of Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney in Oakland, Calif., as they drove toward an event focused on saving Northern California’s ancient redwood trees. The bomber was never arrested; instead, the FBI actually blamed Earth First! Bari sued the FBI for civil-rights and constitutional violations and won a landmark case in federal court in 2002 — but the victory came five years after her death from breast cancer.

Bari was an inspiration to her colleagues in the environmental, labor and social-justice movements. Now a younger generation of activists can be moved by her story in the new documentary Who Bombed Judi Bari? The film, which features archival footage and Judi telling her own story, will debut on March 2 in San Francisco and March 4 in Washington, D.C.

Learn more here.

Global Amphibian Bioblitz: Saving Amphibians Through Social Networking
Ongoing
Worldwide

Amphibians around the world are disappearing, and nearly a third are threatened with extinction. To better understand and conserve these animals, scientists need more information on their locations. And what better way to get the right info from around the globe than through people like you?

The Center has joined other conservation organizations to launch a Web-based social networking effort dubbed the Global Amphibian Blitz. The Blitz website allows amateur naturalists from around the world to submit their amphibian photographs, along with dates and locations. The site's lofty aim? To take a census of the world's amphibians and discover which species are still here, and where — so we can make sure they stay here. With your help.

Help save frogs, toads and salamanders — and have fun at the same time — by submitting your observations to the Global Amphibian Blitz now. Then learn about the Center's own Amphibian Conservation campaign and get more about the Blitz from UC Berkeley.

FUEL: The Film
Now playing

After growing up amongst Louisiana's oil refineries and watching his own family suffer from pollution-related cancers, in 1997 activist and filmmaker Josh Tickell took off in his biodiesel-powered "Veggie Van" on an epic road trip to make the film that would win the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's Audience Award for Best Documentary. FUEL, with appearances by a huge cast of notables including Jimmy Carter, Willie Nelson, Julia Roberts, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tracks the rise of Big Oil from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Dick Cheney's petrochemical company-sponsored legislation. But FUEL not only exposes America's debilitating addiction to oil — it also describes a gamut of intriguing solutions to "repower America," offering hope for a sustainable, oil-independent future. It received 11 standing ovations at Sundance, was shortlisted for the Oscars, and earned the Writers Guild of America's nomination for best documentary writing.

Take it from Tickell himself: "What's astounding about this movie is the way it leaves you feeling — hopeful, uplifted, and inspired." The FUEL team is building a national grassroots outreach campaign and wants you to help spread the word about the movie and what it stands for.

FUEL is now playing in various cities. Learn more about the film, watch a trailer, and see where it's playing here.