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Mission: Tree Walkers International supports the protection, conservation, and restoration of wild amphibian populations through hands-on action both locally and internationally. We foster personal relationships between people and nature by providing opportunities for citizens of all ages to become directly involved in global amphibian conservation. Through this involvement, our volunteers become part of a growing and passionate advocacy for the protection and restoration of wild amphibian populations and the environment on which they depend. Scope and Geographic Focus: Tree Walkers International promotes healthy wild populations of all amphibian species across the globe. Our programs allow people from all backgrounds and locations to take action to conserve the amphibians that matter to them most. As a young and growing organization, Tree Walkers International must concentrate our activities to those areas where we can be most effective and have the greatest positive impact. Tree Walkers International is not just a conservation organization, it is also a community. With that focus, much of our effort and energy goes into developing tools and implementing technologies that allow for grass-roots participation and an exchange of ideas between individuals from various backgrounds. TWI is about hands-on conservation where our members can participate directly as conservationists. Through distributed animal conservation, our Amphibian Steward Network is innovative and provides an opportunity to participate in amphibian conservation from the comfort of your own home. Similarly, Operation Frog Pond provides the tools for volunteers to provide critical amphibian habitat in their own backyards and neighborhoods. We don't ask you to entrust the conservation to someone else, we help you do it yourself! |
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Although TWI opened its doors for membership in 2006, the roots of our organization can be traced back to the formation of the International Society for the Study of Dendrobatids (ISSD) in 1989 by Dale Bertram. It was primarily an American group with a newsletter published in English, and created an organization dedicated to the captive husbandry of dendrobatid frogs (a.k.a. "poison frogs"). After a few years of running, the ISSD phased out and was replaced by the American Dendrobatid Group (ADG), which was formed by Charles “Chuck” Powell in 1992. The ADG produced a regular newsletter to share information among its members about the captive husbandry of dendrobatids. In 1995 Chuck also created and hosted the first American Frog Day event in San Jose, CA, which allowed people from around the country to gather together and share their passion for these frogs. The event not only gave people the opportunity to buy and sell dendrobatid frogs, but also engage in discussions regarding their natural history and captive husbandry. |
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TWI currently operates as an all volunteer organization with no paid staff. The following is a list of volunteers regularly participating in TWI’s administration and program development. |
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