http://programs.wcs.org/russia/en-us RSS feeds for WCS Russia 60 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/16659/TIGER-DAY-CELEBRATION-IN-TERNEY-2021.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=16659 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=16659&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/16659/TIGER-DAY-CELEBRATION-IN-TERNEY-2021.aspx Last weekend the annual Tiger Day Celebration came to the streets of Terney, a town in northern Primorye - home of the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Nature Reserve and WCS Sikhote-Alin Research Center.  According to most participants and organizers, this year’s Tiger Day Celebration was a great success. Despite weather forecasts promising heavy showers, everyone (both participants and organizers) wanted the holiday so badly that nature decided to take pity on us and produced wonderful warm weather. asemyonov@wcs.org Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:33:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:16659 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/16416/TIME-IS-RUNNING-OUT-SINGAPORE-TIGER-WEEK-2021.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=16416 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=16416&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/16416/TIME-IS-RUNNING-OUT-SINGAPORE-TIGER-WEEK-2021.aspx Annual conference brings together experts from around the world to highlight urgent action needed on tiger conservation. Monday 19 July 2021 - The Singapore Wildcat Action Group (SWAG) announced today the programme for Singapore Tiger Week, their annual conference on the state of tiger conservation in the world. Coinciding with International Tiger Day on 29 July, this year’s theme is ‘Time IsRunning Out’ to reflect the urgent need for action. asemyonov@wcs.org Tue, 27 Jul 2021 02:50:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:16416 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/15900/UPCOMING-WORKSHOPS-Spring-2021.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=15900 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=15900&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/15900/UPCOMING-WORKSHOPS-Spring-2021.aspx Dear Colleagues! We would like to announce our next seminars, which continue online, despite the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Wildlife Conservation Society Russia Program is hosting three online training workshops this spring.  ebragina@wcs.org Fri, 12 Mar 2021 02:11:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:15900 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/15902/FIELD-WORK-NEWS.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=15902 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=15902&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/15902/FIELD-WORK-NEWS.aspx For the second week, our team has been working in the South-West Primorye within the framework of the Far Eastern Leopard monitoring project, which is being implemented jointly with the Land of the Leopard National Park. We should admit that despite that our employees have been working in this territory since the 2000s, but in such difficult conditions as this year, they have not yet had to work ... asemyonov@wcs.org Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:46:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:15902 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/14913/2020-Field-Season-in-Schaste-Bay-Khabarovsk-Krai-Russia.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=14913 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=14913&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/14913/2020-Field-Season-in-Schaste-Bay-Khabarovsk-Krai-Russia.aspx  The 2020 season studying the breeding ecology of endangered Nordmann’s Greenshanks (Tringa guttifer) and Common Redshanks (Tringa totanus ussuriensis) in Schaste Bay, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia was a success despite the logistical difficulties caused by Covid-19. asemyonov@wcs.org Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:20:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:14913 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/14210/REMEMBERING-MIKHAIL-GROMYKO.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=14210 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=14210&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/14210/REMEMBERING-MIKHAIL-GROMYKO.aspx  We lost a scientist, a mentor, a sage, and a dear friend when Mikhail Nikolaevich Gromyko passed away on May 1 this year.  The employees of the Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik mourn the loss of their friend and colleague, the people of Terney mourn their departed neighbor, and the scientists of Russia who knew of him and his work all recognize that a giant has moved on. We can only try to follow his moral compass, humbly caring for the people around us and the natural world we so depend upon.  dmiquelle@wcs.org Sun, 17 May 2020 23:13:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:14210 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/13772/REMEMBERING-IGOR-GEORGIEVICH-NIKOLAEV.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=13772 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=13772&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/13772/REMEMBERING-IGOR-GEORGIEVICH-NIKOLAEV.aspx A wonderful person passed away. We grieve and express deep condolences to the family. Dale Miquelle recalls his work and relationship with Igor Georgievich Nikolaev. dmiquelle@wcs.org Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:39:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:13772 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/13482/SMART-TRAININGS-IN-UZBEKISTAN.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=13482 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=13482&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/13482/SMART-TRAININGS-IN-UZBEKISTAN.aspx At the invitation of UNDP and the Committee of Natural Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Michiel Hötte of WCS and Igor Kolodin of ANO WCS conducted SMART training workshops in Uzbekistan from 13 to 23 October for inspectors of the Gissar and Chatkal reserves and two operational “Leopard” teams that patrol mainly outside reserves.  mhotte@wcs.org Thu, 14 Nov 2019 05:11:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:13482 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11745/HUMAN-DIMENSION-IN-WILDLIFE.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11745 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11745&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11745/HUMAN-DIMENSION-IN-WILDLIFE.aspx Public support is an integral component of any conservation project, even if it is the most difficult to achieve. Usually, decisions based on scientific research will find both support and resistance.  So how does one find a balance between the public and the wild? This very question was tackled in a 5-day workshop entitled “Human dimension in wildlife: stakeholder engagement.”  The course was held at The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Sikhote-Alin research center in the town of Terney, Primorsky Krai. Cornell University associate professor Dr. Heidi Kretser, who has worked for WCS for over 20 years, led the course, introducing a topic relatively new to Russian science.  ebragina@wcs.org Mon, 19 Nov 2018 04:22:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11745 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11488/GORAL-ON-A-BADGER-SITE-VISIT-VIDEO.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11488 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11488&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11488/GORAL-ON-A-BADGER-SITE-VISIT-VIDEO.aspx Amur (or long-tailed) goral - one of the rarest mountain ungulates - was captured by camera trap in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Nature Reserve.  This secretive species of goral, endangered within Russia and listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN, is found only in northeast Asia including the southern Russian Far East, the Korean peninsula, and northeastern China. Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve hosts about 180 individual animals - the largest single population of goral in Russia.  asemyonov@wcs.org Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:05:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11488 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11331/WORKSHOP-ON-POPULATION-ECOLOGY.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11331 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11331&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11331/WORKSHOP-ON-POPULATION-ECOLOGY.aspx Our Sikhote-Alin Research Center hosted one more 5-day workshop. This time we taught population ecology, namely methods to estimate population abundance and then analyze these data. 'How many individuals are out there?' That is a question which is often asked by researchers and public. However, it is a very challenging task to obtain realistic estimates of population density. We discussed transect and plot surveys, methods of capture-recapture, spatially-explicit methods, and survey of animals when individuals are not recognized. For rare and elusive species, occupancy analysis was introduced. ebragina@wcs.org Tue, 05 Jun 2018 17:53:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11331 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11309/GEO-INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY-WORKSHOP.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11309 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11309&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11309/GEO-INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY-WORKSHOP.aspx First in several years a workshop on geo-information technology and spatial analysis, ‘Intro to GIS’, was held in Terney on 15-21 April 2018. Participants spent 7 days working with free software QGIS. To make learning efficient, every participant analyzed their own data.Participants included professionals from various protected areas of Russian Far East as well as students of Far Eastern Federal University. ebragina@wcs.org Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:02:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11309 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11307/WORKSHOP-ON-NEW-STATISTICS-APPROACH.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11307 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11307&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11307/WORKSHOP-ON-NEW-STATISTICS-APPROACH.aspx On April 6-9 WCS Russia held a workshop on spatially-explicit capture-recapture (SECR) based on Sikhote Alin Research Center. This method uses camera trap data to estimate population density of individually recognizable animals, for example, tigers and leopards. Pictures of the same animals serve as 'recaptures'. Geographic coordinates of camera traps allow to conduct spatial analysis and calculate home range size and probability of recapture, which in turn is used to estimate density and abundance of the population.  ebragina@wcs.org Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:23:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11307 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11226/TRAINING-CENTER-FOR-CONSERVATION-STUDENTS-AND-PROFESSIONALS.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11226 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11226&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11226/TRAINING-CENTER-FOR-CONSERVATION-STUDENTS-AND-PROFESSIONALS.aspx Recently, we added a new page to our website to feature our Training program based in Sikhote-Alin Research Center, Terney, Primorski krai, Russia. Our traininings and workshops are developed for wildlife researchers to provide them with all skills necessary for research and management of endangered species and other aspects of nature protection. You can read about the program in general, past workshops (2016-2017) and upcoming trainings. asemyonov@wcs.org Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:38:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11226 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11222/THE-YOUNG-HUNTER.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11222 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11222&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11222/THE-YOUNG-HUNTER.aspx As part of a small carnivore project at Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Zapovednik, specialists of ANO WCS in cooperation with SABZ are monitoring activities around den sites to understand population dynamics of badgers. To our surprise,  this video (below)  captured a young lynx practicing his hunting skills on an unsuspecting badger. Lucky for the badger, this lynx was not prepared to exploit this opportunity.  dmiquelle@wcs.org Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:18:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11222 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11203/AN-UNLIKELY-PAIR.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11203 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11203&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11203/AN-UNLIKELY-PAIR.aspx Like old friends meeting for lunch, a cinereous vulture and a juvenile Steller’s sea eagle pose for a camera trap set along a game trail in the Sikhote-Alin Reserve in Russia.  While both cinereous vultures and Steller’s sea eagles are winter visitors to this corner of the southern Russian Far East, it’s possible that these two individuals had never encountered a member of the opposite species before. jslaght@wcs.org Wed, 28 Mar 2018 03:42:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11203 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11169/WHERE-DID-I-PUT-THAT-PHOTOGRAPH.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=11169 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11169&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/11169/WHERE-DID-I-PUT-THAT-PHOTOGRAPH.aspx Camera traps have become a useful and common tool used by biologists to study wildlife.  In fact, it has become one of the most commonly used ways to observe and monitor elusive species of wildlife. But with this explosive use of camera traps to study wildlife, a new problem has arrived - what to do with all those photographs, and how to manage the huge volume of information in them. From March 13-15 ANO WCS was holding a training seminar for its own staff and interested parties (Zavpovednoe Primamur)  to learn how to use the program, called "CPW Photo Warehouse", specifically designed for cameratrap images database management.  dmiquelle@wcs.org Mon, 19 Mar 2018 05:38:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11169 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/10846/FISRT-AID-FOR-TIGER-CONSERVATIONISTS.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=10846 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=10846&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/10846/FISRT-AID-FOR-TIGER-CONSERVATIONISTS.aspx On December 15, 2017, WCS organized a staff training session on first aid in Terney at the Sikhote-Alin Research Center (SARC).Working in the field, especially with wild animals, poses a large number of health risks and potential dangers. Being prepared to deal with such situations can be critical when in the field. Therefore, being able to competently provide first aid to an injured colleague is a vital skill and mandatory requirement for employees of WCS Russia. asemyonov@wcs.org Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:16:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10846 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/10308/FIRST-UAV-WORKSHOP.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=10308 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=10308&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/10308/FIRST-UAV-WORKSHOP.aspx A hands-on workshop, the first of its kind in the Russian Far East devoted to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), was held in the Land of the Leopard National Park last week. Over 20 specialists from various national parks and nature reserves of the southern Russian Far East gathered to participate in the training session organized by the Phoenix Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society, with funding from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The workshop let forest guardians deepen their knowledge, get familiar with new unmanned systems technologies, and improve their skills at operating UAVs. asemyonov@wcs.org Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:24:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10308 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/10312/SMART-IMPROVES-NATURE-PROTECTION-IN-ANNUI-NP.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=10312 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=10312&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/10312/SMART-IMPROVES-NATURE-PROTECTION-IN-ANNUI-NP.aspx In late March the Visit Center of the Annui National Park hosted yet another SMART seminar organized by WCS. Staff of the park and WCS specialists discussed the latest SMART quarterly patrol performance report.  One year ago WCS introduced SMART at Annui National Park, making this already the sixth  protected area in Amur tiger habitat that is using SMART to help manage anti-poaching work. During the seminar WCS representatives discussed the patrol efforts during the previous quarter and results, such as citations for poaching violations and incidents where rifles were confiscated from poachers.  asemyonov@wcs.org Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:21:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:10312 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9340/TIGER-DAY-FESTIVAL-2016-IN-VLADIVOSTOK-RUSSIA.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=9340 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9340&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9340/TIGER-DAY-FESTIVAL-2016-IN-VLADIVOSTOK-RUSSIA.aspx The 17th annual Tiger Day Festival was held in Vladivostok on September 25. This year’s event continued the trend of ever increasing size and interest, with an approximately 15,000 participants and an estimated 50,000 attendees. The event kicked off with a huge parade that included 91 groups representing schools and both governmental and non-governmental agencies engaged in environmental protection. The parade ended in the main square downtown, where entertainment on the main stage was supplemented by a variety of activities for kids were organized around the square. Read more... asemyonov@wcs.org Thu, 29 Sep 2016 07:11:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9340 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9313/EAST-OF-SIBERIA-BY-CHANCE-FOOD-AND-SHELTER.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=9313 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9313&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9313/EAST-OF-SIBERIA-BY-CHANCE-FOOD-AND-SHELTER.aspx   North of Ternei, in the province of Primorye where I conduct most of my research, there are no hotels and no restaurants. There are barely even people. There are only a half-dozen small settlements, logging towns or subsistence villages that are remote islands of humanity scattered broadly across a rolling sea of mountain and forest. When I travel to this wilderness it’s usually in a huge truck that doubles as a cabin, a hulking diesel we pack tightly with food and other supplies and assume it’s enough to sustain us.  Read more here.   jslaght@wcs.org Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:58:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9313 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9311/EAST-OF-SIBERIA-ARSENYEV-IN-THE-LAND.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=9311 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9311&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9311/EAST-OF-SIBERIA-ARSENYEV-IN-THE-LAND.aspx   I feel a kinship with Vladimir Arsenyev, the Russian topographer who explored Primorye a hundred years ago. We both know the secret places of these forests: the rivers where salmon spawn and the rocky outcroppings where tigers den. Arsenyev left an indelible mark not just on me, but on people across the province, with an entire city, a river, several museums, and multiple streets named after him today. Jonathan C. Slaght’s translation of Vladimir Arsenyev’s 1921 book Across the Ussuri Kray (Indiana University Press, 2016) is an unabridged, uncensored, detailed account of Arsenyev’s 1902 and 1906 expeditions. Augmented by several hundred annotations, two maps, and nearly forty photographs, it is available August 29, 2016, at Amazon,Barnes & Noble, Powell’s Books, and elsewhere.. Read more here.   jslaght@wcs.org Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:40:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9311 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9238/THE-CINDERELLA-STORY-CONTINUES.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=9238 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9238&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9238/THE-CINDERELLA-STORY-CONTINUES.aspx   New photographs just released from Bastak Reserve in the Russian Far East confirm that a feline Cinderella story continues to unfold. Brought into captivity as a nearly starved, 3-month old cub, the tigress that became known as Zolushka (Russian for Cinderella) flourished in a rehabilitation center designed to prepare her for life back in the wild. Without a mother (probably lost to poachers) Zolushka learned how to kill natural wild prey presented to her in the rehabilitation center, where she was kept far from people to preserve her innate fear of humans. Read more here.   asemyonov@wcs.org Sun, 21 Aug 2016 04:20:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9238 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9158/EAST-OF-SIBERIA-TIGERS-AND-THE-ART-OF-PERSUASION.aspx#Comments 0 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=2041&ModuleID=3364&ArticleID=9158 http://programs.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9158&PortalID=32&TabID=2041 http://russia.wcs.org/en-us/About-Us/News-Archive/ID/9158/EAST-OF-SIBERIA-TIGERS-AND-THE-ART-OF-PERSUASION.aspx   The temperate rainforests of Primorye become dense and green in summer, a vastness lost on those within it. Visibility can drop to almost zero along shrub-crowded game trails, where dew-drenched grasses cling like needy toddlers and spider webs tangle in the unshaven faces of those pushing through. Animals, resting nearby in the daytime heat, crash away unseen, and a discordant symphony of birdsong pulses from the canopy. Everything is immediate and aromatic; a box packed tight with vegetation, dirt, sweat, and humidity.Not the kind of box you want to be in with a tiger.  Read more here.   jslaght@wcs.org Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:46:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9158