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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend January 5, 2006 DellaSala honored for wildlife preservation efforts ASHLAND — Dominick DellaSala, director of the World Wildlife Fund’s Klamath-Siskiyou Regional Program, has received an outstanding conservation leadership award from the Wilburforce Foundation. He was cited for his work over the past decade to protect wild areas in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains. That work included key roles in providing scientific support for the development of the federal roadless area policy, establishment of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in 2000 and in defense of the Northwest Forest Plan’s old-growth protections. In the 1990s, he was instrumental in achieving protections for more than 300,000 acres of brown bear habitat on Kodiak Island in Alaska, according to the citation. The Wilburforce Foundation is a private, philanthropic foundation that funds environmental issues in the Western U.S. and Western Canada. Established in 1991, the foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations that have programs operating in Alaska, the Yellowstone to Yukon region, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona or New Mexico. "Dominick has an established track record of delivering high quality and science-based conservation results that speak to his passion for leaving future generations a living planet," said Tim Greyhavens, the foundation’s executive director. Advertisement "His science-based approach to conservation is admirable among the conservation community," Greyhavens added. The award came with a $7,500 donation by the foundation to the World Wildlife Fund’s Klamath-Siskiyou Program. DellaSala is a forest ecologist and conservation biologist. He is an internationally renowned author of more than 150 technical papers and is the co-author of four books on biodiversity and sustainable forest management. He is subject editor for the Natural Areas Journal, guest editor for Conservation Biology and a member of the board of directors for the Society for Conservation Biology, North American section. DellaSala received WWF’s President’s Award in 2000 and 2004 for his outstanding conservation achievements in the U.S. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback www.bingo.com Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker dvd-r Distance Education Computer Security Cheap Website Hosting Discount Hotel Reservations Online Pharmacy Myspace Home Equity Loans Windermere Van Vleet Deep Muscle Stimulator Sports Equipment Online Casino Reviews Student Loans High End Computers Online Casino News Online Bingo Entertainment Guide Salvia Divinorum Online Casino Fundraisers Advertisement s