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PUBLICATION ARCHIVE NEARLY COMPLETE
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While articles are still being added to complete this archive, much of Michael's published work is available here.
 
Michael E. Soulé
Biographical Sketch

Michael Soulé is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. He was born, raised, and educated in California. After spending much of his youth in the canyons, deserts, and intertidal of San Diego and Baja California, and after graduating from San Diego State, he went to Stanford to study population biology and evolution under Paul Ehrlich.  
 
Big, Wild, and Connected
Formed a decade ago, the bold and visionary Wildlands Project has advanced conservation a critical step by imagining wilderness not simply as remote scenery or playgrounds for outdoor enthusiasts but as nurseries for life in its full variety and magnificence. A dozen vigorous, local ecosystem-conservation campaigns are now underway in the Americas, from A2A (Algonquins to Adirondacks) to Y2Y (Yellowstone to Yukon), from the Maine Woods National Park proposal to the Patagonia Land Trust's ambitious efforts in Argentina.

Each wildlands campaign has a regional base and scope, and each shares a common strategy: to connect large wilderness cores by wildlife corridors and to create buffer zones near settled areas to lessen human impact. Beyond these basics, strategies to acquire and preserve land vary according to need and circumstances.
 
Western Conservation Summit
Download Western Conservation Summit Talk

Michael Soulé spoke at the Western Conservation Summit January 2009. Hosted by the Wildlands Network and Spine of the Continent Initiative Members.

To view html version of talk visit WCSummit.org.
 
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