Wildlife Restoration Foundation

Wildlife Restoration Foundation (WRF) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Virginia with a mission to support partners that together can increase park wildlife population viability and create safe corridors for wildlife passage in harmony with human communities. WRF has accomplished this mission by assembling and supporting, with neutral facilitation and written resources, partnerships between AZA-accredited zoos/aquariums and parks. WRF also convenes diverse stakeholders in workshops that help solve conservation problems. Our “I Am Bear Safe” program (IABS) is a multi-partner Wildlife Collaboration Strategy designed to equip National Park and National Forest gateway town businesses ("Park Gateway Partners") and the tourism entities and chambers of commerce that support them to “train people not to train bears” to get in the trouble they are in now because of human behavior—situations that jeopardize safety of bears and people. For more info or to get involved, visit: https://www.wildlifeandparks.org/