Lacey Parks Events

Program Description

In 1982, Steve and Linda Kuntz founded Wolf Haven International to provide a home for displaced, captive-born wolves. Wolves who, for the most part, had no other place to go. Accredited by both the American Sanctuary Association (ASA) and the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS), Wolf Haven has rescued and provided a lifetime home to over 300 animals in the past 40 years at their sanctuary locations in Tenino, Washington and Bridger, Montana. The organization also participates in federally managed recovery programs for the red wolf and the Mexican wolf. Join Wolf Haven’s Executive Director, Geoff Willard, for a deep dive on the history of the organization and the work they continue to do to conserve and protect wolves and their habitat.

Speaker

Geoff Willard is the Executive Director of Wolf Haven International, which has a mission to conserve and protect wolves and their habitat. Prior to Wolf Haven, Geoff served as Deputy Director and Program Officer at an ecological research center at UC Santa Barbara, managed public programs for the California Academy of Sciences, and led creek restoration projects on cattle lands and in redwood forests for Conservation Corps North Bay. He also served as Treasurer of the Board of Directors for RE-volv, and as a Fellow with the Coro Center for Civic Leadership. Geoff researched wolf-livestock conflict mitigation practices while completing a Master’s in Environmental Science & Management from UC Santa Barbara, and received a B.A. in American and European History from the University of Rochester.