Valpa Asher
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Ms. Asher joined Turner Endangered Species Fund in May 2000.
She is currently in charge of wolf monitoring and restoration efforts in the northern Rockies.
Val was the field team leader for Arizona Game and Fish Department on the Mexican wolf recovery project from 1998 to 2000.
She served as wolf field biologist for U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service in Idaho and participated in the reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho from 1994 to 1997.
Ms. Asher received her B.A.
in Environmental Studies from Warren Wilson College in 1992.
She has been involved in wolf, ungulate and peregrine falcon research throughout the U.S.
and Canada for the past 13 years.
Her professional interests include canid behavior, restoration ecology, and development of relationships with private landowners to promote wildlife conservation.
Former positions of Valpa Asher
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Turner Endangered Species Fund
 Turner Endangered Species Fund Financial ConglomeratesFinance Founded in 1997 by Ted Turner and his family, the Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF) is a charitable foundation and non-exempt charitable trust located in Bozeman, Montana. The fund focuses on conserving biodiversity by ensuring the persistence of imperiled species and their habitats with an emphasis on private land. TESF is a core grantee of the Turner Foundation. They concentrate their efforts on carnivores, grasslands, plant-pollinator complexes and species that historically ranged onto properties owned by Ted Turner. TESF's activities are based on the principles of conservation biology. TESF supports the distribution of reliable scientific and policy information on biodiversity conservation and works closely with state and federal agencies, universities and private organizations. Historically, TESF has been involved in reintroduction projects for imperiled plants, birds, fishes and mammals. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Valpa Asher
| Warren Wilson College | Undergraduate Degree |
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Turner Endangered Species Fund
Turner Endangered Species Fund Financial ConglomeratesFinance Founded in 1997 by Ted Turner and his family, the Turner Endangered Species Fund (TESF) is a charitable foundation and non-exempt charitable trust located in Bozeman, Montana. The fund focuses on conserving biodiversity by ensuring the persistence of imperiled species and their habitats with an emphasis on private land. TESF is a core grantee of the Turner Foundation. They concentrate their efforts on carnivores, grasslands, plant-pollinator complexes and species that historically ranged onto properties owned by Ted Turner. TESF's activities are based on the principles of conservation biology. TESF supports the distribution of reliable scientific and policy information on biodiversity conservation and works closely with state and federal agencies, universities and private organizations. Historically, TESF has been involved in reintroduction projects for imperiled plants, birds, fishes and mammals. | Finance |
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