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Latest Donation Click on the images to see them larger "We are pleased to announce that the Academy of Realistic Taxidermy has generously donated a fox mount for use on our bear avoidance and wildlife stewardship training trail and for classroom presentations.  This is a great addition for our training trail, and will be an excellent teaching aid for learning about what to do during encounters with wildlife and how to enjoy wildlife safely and responsibly, as well as discussions of issues with wild animals in residential areas. The United Taxidermist Association is helping with grizzly bear mounts for the training trail.  These will be great for review of bear avoidance techniques, review of safety techniques for sudden encounters, and for studying the features that distinguish grizzly bears from black bears. To learn more about these organizations you can visit their websites:  www.taxidermyart.net and www.unitedtaxidermist.com.  Anyone interested in donating animal mounts for use in our educational programs can contact us at bearinfo@cfwi.org."

About Our Programs"

• May 2008 as Be Bear Aware and Wildlife Stewardship Month... click here to read more
  We are very proud to announce that during the 110^th Congress, the United States Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 347 designating May 2008 as Be Bear Aware and Wildlife Stewardship Month.
  Click here to read more about how you can help us with our educational programs as an individual or company, corporation or foundation.
   
• Train-the-Trainer Program and Training Trail
  The Train-the-Trainer program provides adults and older youth with the knowledge and training to teach younger members of their organizations, schools, and communities the appropriate safety and wildlife stewardship techniques to avoid conflicts with all wildlife, especially bears. Click here to read more about this worthy program.
   
• Community Presentations
   
• School Presentations
   
• Mass Production and Distribution of: Bear Avoidance and Wildlife Stewardship Educational Materials.
   
• Educational Outreach Program
  This program was developed with the participation of schoolteachers K – 12 and is designed to meet their classroom requirements including reading, writing, and arithmetic for grade school children. Click here to read more about this wonderful program.
   
• Hunter Safety Training and Support Materials
  The Be Bear Aware and Wildlife Stewardship Campaign works in partnership with hunting and fishing groups, outfitters’ and guides’ organizations, and state and federal wildlife and land management agencies and the International Hunter Education Association to develop hunter safety educational materials and workshops. Click here to read about this important safety program.

As much as we can use the money that you donate to further our educational programs, below is list of things that we would “wish” for to help in these efforts, all items are tax deductible:

• Digital SLR camera equipment (6 megapixel or higher) and telephoto lenses for use by graphic arts and communications interns/students to obtain photographs for our brochures, Power Points, and other educational materials.
   
• Digital Video camcorder for recording educational seminars as well as recording wildlife for educational purposes and educational DVD production.
   
• Additional bear and cougar mounts, skins and skulls (reproductions if possible) to be used in our presentations. (These items would be handled/touched by both presenters and the public).
   
• Van for use by our bear avoidance and wildlife stewardship presentation team to carry them and the educational support materials as they travel to schools, campgrounds, and communities to make bear avoidance education presentations.
   
• Backpacks, tents, and other campsite props to be used for demonstration purposes during presentations and to be used by interns when they are traveling to campsites for presentations or when they are visiting forests, parks, and refuges for research purposes.
   
• Support from the graphic arts and printing industry to work with graphic arts and printing interns/students on the development of bear avoidance and wildlife stewardship educational materials (brochures, displays, Power Points, videos, etc.)
   
• Cargo trailer 10-14’ long, 6-7’ wide, tandem axle for transporting bear avoidance train-the-trainer trail support materials such as grizzly bear and cougar mounts, display systems, brochures, and support props for use along the educational trail.
  
  
• Finally, and this is a big wish, Center for Wildlife Information is in need of a permanent home. If you have a building that you would like to donate in the Missoula, Montana area we would appreciate it if you would consider The Center for Wildlife Information for your donation. Email: Chuck Bartlebaugh, at bearinfo@cfwi.org for more information.