Goals
Wolf Welcome Committee promotes understanding and appreciation of wolves through education, advocacy, and co-existence.
EDUCATION:
Wolf Welcome Committee realizes that understanding wolves is critical to their acceptance. To that end; we initiate public conversations through local media channels, conduct interviews with wolf specialists, present authors and storytellers who focus on wolves and participate in conferences and workshops that promote co-existence. There are already many other organizations doing wonderful work with wolves. Please see our Resources page for links to other sources.
ADVOCACY:
Our organization knows that, in order for wolves to thrive they need robust habitats to function within. We live in a modern world where natural ecosystems have been severely impacted by humans. Resource extraction, development and recreation all affect wildlands and, tangentially, wolves and their prey. Wolf Welcome Committee participates in agency public comment processes and, when necessary, will oppose plans that adversely impact wildlife.
CO-EXISTENCE:
As wolves continue to return to Central Oregon they may sometimes interact with livestock. Wolf Welcome Committee supports the ranching community in using proactive, non-lethal measures on private lands. One of our core members, Donna Harris, currently serves on the Deschutes County Wolf Depredation and Financial Assistance Committee. We do not condone livestock grazing on our public lands. Such activity contributes to environmental degradation across the landscape including destruction of sensitive riparian areas, introduction of noxious weeds and disruption to wildlife.