The elusive and mysterious wolverine

I just wanted to pass along an amazing story about a close friend of mine from Nashville who is in the Wildlife and Forestry field out West.

Michael Inman, one of my former roommates at the Univ. of Tennessee, directs the Greater Yellowstone Wolverine Program for the Wildlife Conservation Society (www.wcs.org/), the international organization known for its outstanding work preserving wildlife all over the world.

This story is amazing! So much so that it was in the New York Times this summer and is still on the Times website. Michael’s program caught a wolverine and tracked it to Colorado! It is the first time a wolverine has been in Colorado since 1919- 90 years!

Here is a link to the story, which is about Michael and his work. He is quoted throughout the story- pretty awesome! He has been working with this program since 2001. He actually tracked the wolverine from Wyoming to Colorado. Very cool story!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/science/earth/19wolverine.html?scp=1&sq=wolverine+in+Colorado&st=nyt