Slimbridge Wildlife Reserve was founded by whom?
"WWT Slimbridge WWT Slimbridge is a wetland wildlife reserve near Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, England. It is midway between Bristol and Gloucester on the eastern side of the estuary of the River Severn. The reserve, set up by the artist and naturalist Sir Peter Scott, opened in November 1946. Scott subsequently founded the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, which has since opened eight reserves around the country. Slimbridge comprises some of pasture, reed bed, lagoon and salt marsh. Many water birds live there all year round, and others are migrants on their ways to and from their summer breeding grounds. Other birds"
"Tybee National Wildlife Refuge Tybee National Wildlife Refuge was established on May 9, 1938, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a breeding area for migratory birds and other wildlife. Located in the mouth of the Savannah River, the refuge began as a oyster shoal, Oysterbed Island, used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a spoil disposal site to support their mandated harbor dredging activity. As a result, the majority of the refuge is now covered with sand deposits. The more stable portions of the island are densely covered with such woody species as eastern"
"Galbreath Wildlands Preserve The Galbreath Wildlands Preserve is a nature reserve in Mendocino County, California, USA, established in 2004 in honor of Fred Burckhalter Galbreath (1901-2000). The preserve, a former sheep ranch, is located near Yorkville. Galbreath worked in the marine insurance business in San Francisco for many years. In 1944, he purchased property in southern Mendocino County as a working sheep ranch and undertook projects to improve the health of habitats on the property. He reduced sedimentation by undertaking drainage improvement projects, removed the invasive wild boars through hunting, and engaged in selective forestry to reduce downed woody debris"
"Tybee. With the use of telescopes, birdwatchers observe the refuge birdlife from levees located across the river within Fort Pulaski National Monument. Tybee National Wildlife Refuge Tybee National Wildlife Refuge was established on May 9, 1938, by an executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a breeding area for migratory birds and other wildlife. Located in the mouth of the Savannah River, the refuge began as a oyster shoal, Oysterbed Island, used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a spoil disposal site to support their mandated harbor dredging activity. As a result, the majority of the refuge"
"The 21 meter-high Sheldrick Falls in Shimba Hills National Reserve were discovered by, and are named after, Sheldrick. Sheldrick's reed frog (""Hyperolius sheldricki"") is named in his honour. David Sheldrick Major David Leslie William Sheldrick, MBE (23 November 1919, Alexandria, Egypt — 13 June 1977, Nairobi, Kenya) was a Kenyan farmer and park warden, in memory of whom the eponymous David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) was created by his widow, Daphne (later Dame Daphne Sheldrick) in Nairobi. David Sheldrick, an only child, came to Kenya as an infant with his parents. His father had served with the British Remounts during"
"and many other songbirds, woodpeckers, common pheasants, deer and grey squirrels. The surrounding fields are a good habitat for moles (who leave behind a lot of hills) and rabbits. In order to reach the woods one can walk or take the small trains from the mini railway that links up the park to Glyndebourne Station. In 1962 influenced by the Sussex artist Philip Rickman and a visit to the Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge the Askew's started a collection of wildfowl. A pond was dug in a nearby field which was poor agricultural land and the collection was started. The collection"
"in nature and the environment and wrote numerous books about her travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Scott was also professional wildlife photographer, President of the Nature in Art Trust, scuba diver and an associate of the Royal Photographic Society. Scott agreed to sit for a portrait head in clay by Jon Edgar at her home in Slimbridge in February 2007 as part of the sculptor's environmental series of heads. A bronze was unveiled at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust visitor centre on 6 December 2011. Philippa Scott Felicity Philippa, Lady Scott (née Talbot-Ponsonby; 22 November 1918 –"
"accessible only. Access may be restricted immediately after a rain. Phone service is not available. Cell phone reception is possible at only two sites within the Preserve. Official website Galbreath Wildlands Preserve The Galbreath Wildlands Preserve is a nature reserve in Mendocino County, California, USA, established in 2004 in honor of Fred Burckhalter Galbreath (1901-2000). The preserve, a former sheep ranch, is located near Yorkville. Galbreath worked in the marine insurance business in San Francisco for many years. In 1944, he purchased property in southern Mendocino County as a working sheep ranch and undertook projects to improve the health of"
"The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust works closely with the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Kenya Forest Service and local communities to achieve their long term goal to secure safe havens for wildlife, through the effective management and protection of key ecosystems and wilderness areas in Kenya. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was founded in 1977 by Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick DBE, in honour of the memory of her late husband, famous naturalist and founding Warden of Tsavo East National Park, David Leslie William Sheldrick MBE. For over 25 years Kenya-born Daphne Sheldrick lived and worked alongside David, during which time they"
"National Nature Reserve and the Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust. River shingle habitat can also be found on the lower estuary, notable for its population of the endangered 5-spot Ladybird. The River Severn is named several times in A.E. Housman's ""A Shropshire Lad"" (1896): ""It dawns in Asia, tombstones show/And Shropshire names are read;/And the Nile spills his overflow/Beside the Severn's dead"" (“1887""); ""Severn stream"" (“The Welsh Marches""); and ""Severn shore"" (“Westward from the high-hilled plain...”). In William Shakespeare's ""Henry IV, Part 1"", Henry Hotspur Percy recalls the valor of Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March in a long battle against Welshman"
"in 1948 by Fairfield Osborn as an affiliate of the New York Zoological Society (today known as the Wildlife Conservation Society) with an aim of protecting the world's natural resources. The advisory council included leading scientists such as Charles Sutherland Elton, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Aldo Leopold, Carl Sauer, and Paul Sears. It supported much of the scientific work cited by Rachel Carson's ""Silent Spring"", including that of John L. George, Roger Hale, Robert Rudd, and George Woodwell. Dutch Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld helped found the World Wildlife Fund, becoming its first President in 1961, and in 1970 established the WWF's"
"the wild community orphans of misfortune from many different wild species, including elephants, black rhinos, buffalo, zebras, elands, kudus, impalas, duikers, reedbuck, dikdiks, warthogs, civets, mongooses and birds. She was a recognized authority on the rearing of wild creatures and was the first person to perfect the milk formula and necessary husbandry for both infant milk-dependent elephants and rhinos. Sheldrick died on 12 April 2018 at the age of 83 after a battle with breast cancer. After her husband's death in 1977, Daphne Sheldrick created the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) in Nairobi, Kenya. Embracing the conservation, preservation and protection"
"Tom Yandle Tom Yandle (Thomas Andrew Heath Yandle) (born 1935) of Riphay, Brushford, near Dulverton in Somerset, England, is a farmer and chairman of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds and was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1999 and a committee member of both the National Trust and Exmoor National Park. He played a leading role in challenging both the National Trust's decision to ban stag hunting on the Holnicote Estate and the Labour government's ultimately successful proposal to ban hunting with hounds. The Yandle family was previously resident at nearby Duvale an historic estate in the parish of Bampton, Devon."
"Thornberry Animal Sanctuary Thornberry Animal Sanctuary is a medium-sized animal rescue and welfare charity, located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is an animal sanctuary and shelter, providing temporary shelter and permanent care for pets and farm animals, adhering to a non-destruction policy. Thornberry was founded in 1988 by Steve Bamford, who sold his home to buy the land on which the sanctuary stands; turning his childhood hobby of rescuing and caring for animals into his life's work. Bamford lived in a small caravan for 5 years, without electricity, heating, running water or sanitation whilst the sanctuary was established. The"
"grasses and shrubs such as sagebrush, and wetlands such as marshes. The refuge also includes about 19,000 acres of cropland leased to growers. Crops include potato, onion, horseradish, alfalfa, and cereals. Recreation opportunities and public services include wildlife viewing and photography, education, and hunting. Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge The Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States in northern California near the Oregon border. It covers 39,116 acres in the Tule Lake basin. The refuge was established in 1928 by President Calvin Coolidge to preserve habitat for birds and other animals. It is"
"Charles Alexander Sheldon Charles Alexander Sheldon (17 October 1867 – 21 September 1928) was a conservationist and the ""Father of Denali National Park"". He had a special interest in the bighorn sheep and spent time hunting with the Seri Indians in Sonora, Mexico, who knew him as ""Maricaana Caamla"" (American hunter). Another favorite haunt was the lakes and rivers which later became Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia where Sheldon built a cabin at Beaverskin Lake. In December 1905, Sheldon was elected member of the Boone and Crockett Club, a wildlife conservation organization founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887. The"
"The Aspinall Foundation The Aspinall Foundation (formerly The John Aspinall Foundation) is a British charity (Registered Charity 326567) which works to promote wildlife conservation. It was set up by professional gambler and zoo owner John Aspinall in 1984 and runs the two zoos he set up, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. It also supports a number of conservation projects overseas to protect endangered species. The charity is now run by John's son, Damian Aspinall. In addition to running the zoos, which breed rare and endangered animals, the Foundation campaigns on a range"
"(1905), Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge in Shell Keys, Louisiana (1907), and Key West National Wildlife Refuge in Key West, Florida (1908). Bird City is a private wildfowl refuge or bird sanctuary located on Avery Island in coastal Iberia Parish, Louisiana, founded by Tabasco sauce heir and conservationist Edward Avery McIlhenny, whose family owned Avery Island. McIlhenny established the refuge around 1895 on his own personal tract of the island, a estate known eventually as Jungle Gardens because of its lush tropical flora in response to late 19th century plume hunters nearly wiping out the snowy egret population of the"
"In 1994 he purchased Northmoor House near Dulverton, and 100 acres of surrounding land, which he later sold. He wrote: Tom Yandle Tom Yandle (Thomas Andrew Heath Yandle) (born 1935) of Riphay, Brushford, near Dulverton in Somerset, England, is a farmer and chairman of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds and was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1999 and a committee member of both the National Trust and Exmoor National Park. He played a leading role in challenging both the National Trust's decision to ban stag hunting on the Holnicote Estate and the Labour government's ultimately successful proposal to ban hunting"
"Stead Foundation The David G. Stead Memorial Wildlife Research Foundation of Australia (or Stead Wildlife Foundation or Stead Foundation) is an Australian non-profit organisation that aims to promote conservation and environment advocacy and education. Established in 1963 as a memorial to David George Stead, a pioneer conservationist and marine biologist throughout the early 20th century, the Stead Foundation is a project-based organisation. Its inaugural and most enduring project was the establishment of the Wirrimbirra Sanctuary, gifted to the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) in 1965. The Foundation boasts a list of leading conservationists as supporters and board members."
"John Little State Natural Reserve John Little State Natural Reserve is a state park unit of California, United States, protecting a section of steep, rugged cliffs on the Big Sur coast. The reserve flanks the mouth of Lime Creek and contains the 1917 cabin of Elizabeth K. Livermore, an early conservationist. It is located in Monterey County between California State Route 1 and the Pacific Ocean. The park was established in 1953. At the county level, John Little State Natural Reserve is represented on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors by Supervisor Dave Potter. In the California State Legislature, John"
"suggestion of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the National Park Service named a peak, Mount Hornaday, in the Absaroka Range in Yellowstone National Park for him. William Temple Hornaday William Temple Hornaday, Sc.D. (December 1, 1854 – March 6, 1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author. He served as the first director of the New York Zoological Park, known today as the Bronx Zoo, and he was a pioneer in the early wildlife conservation movement in the United States. Hornaday was born in Avon, Indiana, and educated at Oskaloosa College, the Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University)"
"on a more permanent role. It was registered as a charity in 1965. In 1975, the Sanctuary moved some 50 miles west, to its present premises of 51 acres near Wambrook, Somerset, overlooking the River Yarty valley. 2015 saw the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Sanctuary. Ferne Animal Sanctuary Ferne Animal Sanctuary was founded in Dorset, England by Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton at the beginning of the Second World War. Since 1975 it has been sited near Wambrook, Somerset. The Duchess was a noted anti-vivisectionist, and was horrified at the British Pet Holocaust. The intention behind the"
"Esmé Kirby Esmé Kirby (born Esmé Cummings, 31 August 1910, Croydon, died 18 October 1999, Snowdonia), was conservationist who together with her husband Peter Kirby formed the Snowdonia National Park Society, to ensure the mountains were protected from future development. She was previously married to Thomas Firbank, whose bestseller ""I Bought a Mountain"" describes their life at the hill farm Dyffryn Mymbyr during the 1930s. Esme left the farm to the National Trust. In 1997, Esmé initiated the eradication of grey squirrels (""S. carolinensis"") from the island of Anglesey, building a partnership of like minded individuals from within the local"
"describe the birds on Lyra Skerry The SMC Raeburn Hut, between Dalwhinnie and Newtonmore, was opened in 1988 and is named after him. There is a faint geographical connection here, as Raeburn was the first to explore the steep cliffs on nearby Creag Dubh, Newtonmore. Raeburn's ice axe is one of two seals of office held by the president of the SMC. Some climbs on the Salisbury Crags by W. Inglis Clark, Scottish Mountaineering Journal, Volume 3, Number 3, September 1900 (available online). Raeburn's account of the 1906 winter ascent of Green Gully with the Swiss climber Eberhard Phildius is"
"Jane Goodall Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her over 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees since she first went to Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania in 1960. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme, and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. She has served on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project"
"Selborne Selborne is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is south of Alton. It is just within the northern boundary of the South Downs National Park, which opened on 1 April 2011. The village receives visitors on almost every day of the year because of its links with the world-famous naturalist, Revd. Gilbert White, who was a pioneer of birdwatching. St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church that dates back to the late 12th century. There are the Selborne Village Stores/Post Office and a primary school. Furthermore, there is one public house"
"Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (renamed in January 2017 from Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge) is a National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Missouri, United States, established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The refuge comprises along the eastern edge of the Missouri River floodplain south of Mound City, Missouri in Holt County, Missouri. The refuge is bounded by the Loess Hills on the east with a trail going to the top built originally by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The most dramatic moments"
"with fund raising. Thornberry Animal Sanctuary Thornberry Animal Sanctuary is a medium-sized animal rescue and welfare charity, located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is an animal sanctuary and shelter, providing temporary shelter and permanent care for pets and farm animals, adhering to a non-destruction policy. Thornberry was founded in 1988 by Steve Bamford, who sold his home to buy the land on which the sanctuary stands; turning his childhood hobby of rescuing and caring for animals into his life's work. Bamford lived in a small caravan for 5 years, without electricity, heating, running water or sanitation whilst the sanctuary"
"It is not open to the public except for one day a year, as a strict biosecurity measure. SVF was founded by Dorrance Hill Hamilton, the billionaire heir to the Campbell Soup Company fortune and one of the wealthiest Americans according to ""Forbes"". The Newport property on which it is housed was built by railroad magnate Arthur Curtiss James in the early 1900s and was purchased by Hamilton in 1998. Likened to an ""animal seed bank"", the foundation had about 45,000 samples of germplasm from sheep, goats, and cattle as of 2010. Much of the cryopreservation work at SVF Foundation"
"over Burr Canyon, built in 1908, is listed as a state and national historic landmark. The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937 by an Executive Order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The refuge is located six miles (10 km) south of Cheney on the eastern edge of the Columbia Basin. It is situated within the ""Channeled Scablands"", an area formed by glacial floods at the end of the last ice age. It was established to provide productive breeding and nesting grounds for migratory birds and other wildlife, and it encompasses approximately 16,000 acres (65 km²) of the Channeled"
"Lloyd Hulbert Dr.Lloyd Clair Hulbert (June 27, 1918 – May 23, 1986)) was a Professor of Biology at Kansas State University from 1955 until 1986. He was recognized for his work to establish Konza Prairie and served as its first director from 1971-1986. Hulbert was internationally known for his ""research of bluestem (tallgrass) prairie and prairie-forest interactions."" Lloyd Hulbert was born in Lapeer, Michigan on June 27, 1918. He attended college at Michigan State University and in 1940 earned a bachelor's degree in Wildlife Conservation. During World War II he chose, instead of fighting, to volunteer for the Civilian Public"
"James A. Corbett James A. ""Jim"" Corbett (October 8, 1933 – August 2, 2001) was an American rancher, writer, Quaker, philosopher, and human rights activist and a co-founder of the Sanctuary movement. He was born in Casper, Wyoming, and died near Benson, Arizona. The son of a teacher and a substitute teacher, Corbett was descended from European-American settlers and Blackfoot Indians, and spent part of his childhood living on an Indian reservation. He graduated from Colgate University and got his master's degree in philosophy from Harvard. He took up ranching in Wyoming and Arizona and continued to herd goats and"