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August 14, 2008: 20th Anniversary of Catastrophic Yellowstone Fires Forces a Look Forward
Twenty years ago today, more than 150,000 acres of Yellowstone National Park burned in a 24-hour period deemed “Black Saturday,” part of the worst fires in the park’s history that consumed 800,000 acres total. Looking back, the fires did little or no long-term damage to the park’s plants and animals – almost nothing compared to the threats the park faces today.

Blythe Thomas
Phone: (703) 841-8782
E-Mail: bthomas@tnc.org

April 15, 2008: Greater Yellowstone Director Receives Keystone Award
The Nature Conservancy’s Greater Yellowstone Program Director, Paul Hansen, was recently selected to receive the prestigious Keystone Center 2008 Leadership in the Environment Award due to his exemplary leadership, consensus-building and positive impact in the environmental community.

Nikk Matous
Phone: (307) 734-0440, ext. 4
E-mail: nmatous@tnc.org

February 05, 2008: Nature Conservancy’s Greater Yellowstone Director Named to Board of Yellowstone Business Partnership
The Yellowstone Business Partnership announced the appointment of Paul Hansen, Director of The Nature Conservancy’s Greater Yellowstone Program, to their board of directors. Hansen, a long-time conservationist with years of business leadership experience, joins the Partnership to lend his expertise towards the twin goals of preserving a healthy environment and shaping a prosperous and sustainable economy for the communities in the Yellowstone-Teton region.

Paul Hansen
Phone: (307) 733-8804
E-Mail: phansen@tnc.org