2010-02-28 | Workshop on monitoring of large carnivores
We organized a 3-day workshop "Monitoring of large carnivores in the mountains" held in the Beskid Żywiecki Mountains (Carpathians, S Poland). Participants heard a series of lectures on the ecology and research methods of the wolf, lynx and the bear. They also had a chance to track lynx and wolf on the ground. The workshop was attended by 15 AfN WOLF members, and students of the Warsaw University, Warsaw Agricultural University, Agricultural University in Krakow and Wroclaw University of Life Sciences.
2010-02-24 | Bat census
This winter we conducted a bat census in caves and old military bunkers in the Western Carpathian Mountains (S Poland). We checked 43 caves and 1 bunker. We observed 350 bats from 10 species. The most abundant were Rhinolophus hipposideros, Myotis emarginatus and Myotis myotis.
2010-02-17 | Filmmakers visited AfN WOLF
We hosted a team of filmmakers led by well-known documentary filmmaker and screenwriter Dorota Adamkiewicz, who is currently working on a film series about wildlife researchers. One of the episodes will be devoted to research conducted by the Association for Nature "Wolf".
2010-02-02 | Seminar on badgers
Robert Mysłajek (vice-president of AfN WOLF) held a scientific seminar entitled "The adaptations of badgers Meles meles to mountain conditions in the Western Carpathians". The seminar was held in the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża.
2010-01-31 | Large Carnivores Seminar for british students
We held a weekly seminar for students from Wiltshire College (U)K dedicated to the problems of ecology and conservation of large carnivores - wolf, lynx and bear. Students have the opportunity to hear the series of lectures and also to check their skills in animal tracking and various research methods used in research on predators.
