Ryan Sedgeley is the Southern Rockies Representative for the Endangered Species Coalition. Alan Lacy is the Founder & Chief Filmmaker for Reel Earth Films. Both organizations worked on the new film 'Welcome Home', that tells the story of wolves’ return to Colorado and how wildlife and people can live together.

Ryan and Alan spoke about their own connections to nature, the process of creating this film for the public, and the deeper meanings behind the films message for wolves' and humans coexistence moving forward.

**See the trailer and updates on film screenings below**

Welcome Home Film Website

Endangered Species Coalition

Reel Earth Films

@endangeredspeciescoalition

@reelearthfilms

@thewolfconnectionpod

Doug Smith is a former Senior Wildlife Biologist and the former Yellowstone National Park Wolf Program Lead for 28 years. Chris Servheen was the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator for 35 years.

Both Doug and Chris went into great detail about the history of grizzly bear and wolf recovery, the changing landscape in predator management since the 1980's, and their concerns about the future of both species in the western United States.

**Please read their paper published in The Yellowstonian below**

Will Two Of The World’s Greatest Wildlife Conservation Success Stories Be Unwritten?

Bear Specialist Group

Yellowstone Wolf Project

@thewolfconnectionpod

Joel Cates has been the Facilities Manager for Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary since 2019 after starting as a volunteer in 2013.

He spoke about growing up around the wilderness in North Western Ontario, his journey in the early days of Yamnuska, and gave updates on recent rescues and projects happening around the sanctuary.

Yamnuska Website

@yamnuskawdsanct

@cates239