Community Conservation Inc

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Dr. Robert H. Horwich, (Director) received his Ph.D. in zoology 1967 from the University of Maryland and worked in a postdoctoral position in India with the Smithsonian Institution. Based on over 20 years of research on infant development, he developed a successful method for reintroducing endangered cranes into the wild used internationally on a number of species. He has studied primate behavior in India and Central America since 1967 and pioneered a reintroduction effort for endangered black howler monkeys. In 1984 he began work with community sanctuaries and established the Community Baboon Sanctuary in Belize. He is the founder of Community Conservation Incorporated/Howlers Forever, Incorporated Lamar Janes (Bookkeeper) graduated in biology from Stanford University and studied limnology at UW-Madison. He worked for the Wisconsin DNR in limnology and the Arkansas DPC&E in nonpoint source management and limnology. He lives in a rural intentional community of 10 adults focused on creating a permaculture. Juliee de la Terre With a BA Natural Science from Viterbo University 2009 and her eye on an eventual graduate degree in conservation, Juliee is currently primary staff at Community Conservation. She has experienced a close tie with the earth for many years by growing up in rural Wisconsin, working on many farms there, eventually owning a natural landscape business and community supported agriculture farm. She believes in the power of the people to protect their precious resources when laws and law enforcement fail. To that end she facilitates CC international projects and is actively involved in local conservation efforts. She feels that an interdisciplinary approach is the most effective way to raise awareness of and solve conservation problems. Dr. Terry Beck (President) has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Composition from the Union Institute and has taught in the English Department at UW-La Crosse since 1978. He has a small farm near Avalanche, Wisconsin where he raises cattle, chickens, and wine grapes. He was a founder and long-time board member of Pleasant Ridge Waldorf School in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

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