Eco Wireless Nonprofit Partners

Freedom to Roam

Freedom to Roam is a nonprofit anatitive that brings together people, organizations and businesses to enhance and protect wildlife corridors and landscape in North America. Their goal is to give wildlife and people the freedom to roam. www.freedomtoroam.org

Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center

Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center is a nonprofit organization providing year-round, hands-on educational programs to people of all ages to foster a lifelong appreciation for the environment and to promote an environmentally aware, responsible and ecologically sound community. Wild Bear’s passionate roots to science education and the preservation of Colorado began as a small program serving 24 children in the summer of 1995, growing to serve over 20,000 people of all ages over the last 5 years. Founded by an elementary school teacher, Wild Bear’s passionate vision was inspired by the belief that learning does not just begin and end within the classroom walls, 9am-3pm Monday-Friday during 9 months. http://www.wildbear.org

Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is a grassroots non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and restore the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds through citizen action, education, field work and enforcement. Channelkeeper works on the water and in communities along the Santa Barbara Channel to monitor local waterways, restore aquatic ecosystems, advocate for clean water, enforce environmental laws, and educate and engage citizens in identifying and devising solutions to water pollution problems. Over the past decade, we’ve achieved many victories for clean water and healthy aquatic habitats, compelling some of our area’s worst polluters to clean up, working with public officials to strengthen policies that protect local waterways, collecting and providing critical water quality and marine habitat data to regulatory agencies, and educating thousands of students and citizens through hands-on activities and volunteer opportunities.

Back to Natives Restoration

Back to Natives Restoration is dedicated to the restoration and conservation of Orange County and California wildlands, though education and restoration programs featuring native plants and biodiversity as a centralizing theme. Back to Natives (BTN) connects the community to habitat restoration through service learning and native plant education. Educational programs and service learning opportunities promote native plants and habitat restoration. For more information visit www.backtonatives.org

Eco-Wireless will donate 20% of your rate plan purchase to Freedom to Roam. So, if you or your business is looking at a new Verizon or Sprint phone or plan, please give them a look. All national sales and promotions are honored. Couldn’t be easier. www.ecowireless.mobi

Previous News Stories

March 23, 2010Scientists study whale migration

With climate change transforming the Arctic, biologists are scrambling to understand the impact on gray whales and other creatures living in the region. See the full story at: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=whales-head-north
February 11, 2010Verizon and Sprint Users – Eco-Wireless partners with Freedom to Roam

Eco-Wireless will donate 20% of your rate plan purchase to Freedom to Roam. So, if you or your business is looking at a new Verizon or Sprint phone or plan, please give them a look. All national sales and promotions are honored. Couldn’t be easier. www.ecowireless.mobi

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February 9, 2010Former New Mexico Cabinet Secretary Joins Freedom to Roam

DENVER (February 9, 2010) – Joanna Prukop, former cabinet secretary of Gov. Bill Richardson’s Energy, Mineral and Natural Resources Department, has joined Freedom to Roam as Director of the organization’s Business for Wildlife Initiative.

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January 14, 2010Butterflies Reeling from Impact of Climate and Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100111171859.htm
November 12, 2009Wyoming sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers

Here is an encouraging article on a state government taking action to ensure that alternative energy developers take in to account wildlife protection recommendations:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jUWlbQLIgbeAAJ8i7VMoftAQX7VQD9BPJC4O0
September 2, 2009Yellowstone to Yukon Piece on CBC

There is a great piece about the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor on the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s site. Check it out here on the CBC’s Site.
August 26, 2009Pronghorn friendly fencing in Alberta

While there is considerable attention on Wyoming’s incredible Path of the Pronghorn, many don’t realize it’s habitat extends Northward into Canada. Pronghorn in Alberta have faced many of the same threats as they have in other parts of the country–particularly with fences. “Now, an unlikely coalition of conservationists, hunters, landowners, government, business and the military in Alberta is working to change that. Together they are spending about $300,000 mending fences.”

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August 26, 2009Witness for WIldlife in Montana News

The Billings Gazette reported on Witness for Wildlife and a recent trip with Defenders of Wildlife to MacDonald Pass.

Check out the coverage here!
July 9, 2009New York Times Advocates for Corridors

The New York Times this week spoke strongly in favor of Wildlife Corridors and Connectivity in an editorial supporting the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act.
June 29, 2009Freedom to Roam Starts Witness for Wildlife Progam

Freedom to Roam has launched its Witness for Wildlife Program with several trips heading out this summer.

Please contact Dan Shepherd for more information!

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