Quarterly Biodiversity Briefings by the Center

As part of our commitment to our dedicated members, we offer exclusive live briefings on key Center for Biological Diversity campaigns — from the climate crisis to wolf recovery to attacks on the Endangered Species Act. These quarterly briefings, and engaging  Q&A sessions, are open to all members of the Center's Leadership Circle and Owls Club. This is an opportunity for you to go behind the scenes with our executive director, Kierán Suckling, as we personally share updates on the work your generous funds help make possible. The briefings are also a time during which we get to hear what you're thinking about in the fight to save endangered species. Over the years, we've had hundreds of people join us for the briefings, but we keep each call (and the Web presentations that usually now accompany them) intimate enough that everyone can ask questions and share feedback.

If you're not already part of the Center's Leadership Circle, find out how you can join online, or contact Chief Development Officer Paula Simmonds by email or at (646) 770-7206 for more information. You can also learn about making a legacy gift to the Center and joining our Owls Club on our website. We hope you'll join us for the next briefing.


LATEST BIODIVERSITY BRIEFING

Grand Canyon

October 16, 2023 – “The Road to Protecting Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints National Monument,” Southwest Director Taylor McKinnon






 

BIODIVERSITY BRIEFING ARCHIVE: PAST BRIEFINGS

June 30, 2023 – “The Endangered Species Act at 50,” Membership Director Gretchen Mais, Senior Scientist Tierra Curry and Development Associate Laura Enriquez

March 9, 2023 – “Saving Species and Biodiversity After COP15,” Executive Director Kierán Suckling, Senior Scientist Tierra Curry and Development Associate Joe Melisi

November 3, 2022 – "How Grazing Harms Wildlife and Wild Places," Executive Director Kierán Suckling and Chief Development Officer Paula Simmonds

June 23, 2022 –  "Wildlife Connectivity – Keeping Species Safe as They Roam the Wild," Executive Director Kierán Suckling and Membership Director Gretchen Mais

March 3, 2022 –  “Food Systems and Extinction: How an Appetite for Change Could Save the Wild,” Executive Director Kierán Suckling and Membership Director Gretchen Mais

September 2, 2021 – "Climate Change and Extinction: We Must Reverse the Spiral of Both," Executive Director Kierán Suckling and Chief Development Officer Paula Simmonds

June 17, 2021 – "Species on the Brink: How We're Saving Wildlife," Executive Director Kierán Suckling and Chief Development Officer Paula Simmonds

March 11, 2021 – "A New Era for Saving Life on Earth," Executive Director Kierán Suckling and Chief Development Officer Paula Simmonds

November 25, 2020 – "What's Next for the Wild," Executive Director Kierán Suckling and Chief Development Officer Paula Simmonds

July 28, 2020 – "Alaska’s Wildlife Refuges and Nature Preserves Aren’t Trophy-hunter Amusement Park," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

May 2020 – "Biodiversity and the Pandemic," International Director Sarah Uhlemann and International Legal Director Tanya Sanerib

February 21, 2020 – "Saving Life on Earth: A Plan to Halt the Extincion Crisis," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

October 24, 2019 – "30 Years of Saving Life on Earth," Executive Director Kierán Suckling (plus a visual presentation)

July 2019 – "Protecting Endangered Species in the Trump Era," Executive Director Kierán Suckling (plus a visual presentation)

May 16, 2019 – "Protecting Nature Protects People: A Reflection on 30 Years of Conservation Work," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

February 21, 2018 – "National Strategy: Our Plan for Saving Wolves in the Lower 48," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

October 4, 2018 – "Protecting the Environment in an Increasingly Political Environment," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 17, 2018 – "Saving Ocean Mammals," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

February 1, 2018 – "Stopping Trump’s Assault on People, Nature and Democracy: A Year of Center for Biological Diversity Litigation," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

October 19, 2017 – "Ignite Change: The Center Takes Our Resistance to the Next Level," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 27, 2017 – "A Grisly Battle: The Center’s Plans to Defend the American Grizzly," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

May 11, 2017 – "Welcome to the Resistance," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

January 27, 2017 – "The Fight Is On: The Center for Biological Diversity's 2017 Priorities," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 28, 2016 – "A Wild Success: Bird Recovery Under the ESA," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

April 28, 2016 – " Keeping Public Lands Public," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

January 29, 2016 – " Keeping It Wild: The Center for Biological Diversity's 2016 Priorities," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

October 29, 2015– "Keep It in the Ground: Keeping The Nation's Fossil Fuels Where They Belong," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

May 2015 – "Federal Killing Program Exposed: What the Center Is Doing to Stop Wildlife Services From Slaughtering Millions of Animals a Year," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

January 29, 2015 – "Keeping It Wild: The Center for Biological Diversity's Top 2015 Priorities," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

Aug 2015 – “Pollinators in Peril: How the Center is Saving Bees, Butterflies, Bats and Other Pollinators," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

November 6, 2014 – "Ocean Apocalyse: How Fossil Fuels are Catastrophically Warming and Acidifying Oceans on a Planetary Scale" (session 1, session 2), Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 31, 2014 – "The Global Extinction Crisis," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

April 30, 2014 – "Population and Sustainability" (session 1, session 2), Executive Director Kierán Suckling

January 30, 2014 – “The Center's Top Priorities for 2014 to Defend Endangered Animals and Plants,” Executive Director Kierán Suckling

October 31, 2013 – “The Center's 757 Species Settlement Update”, Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 25, 2013 – "Restoring Wolves to Habitats Throughout the United States," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

April 25, 2013 – "The Center's Predator Conservation Work," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

January 31, 2013 – "Top Campaigns for 2013," Assistant Executive Director Sarah Bergman

October 25, 2012 – "Conservation in the Anthropocene," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 26, 2012 – "Protecting the Arctic from Offshore Drilling," Alaska Director Rebecca Noblin

May 3, 2012 – "Success of the Endangered Species Act," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

January 26, 2012 – "The Center's Major Campaigns for 2012," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

November 3, 2011 – "Defending the Endangered Species Act from Political Attacks," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

August 4, 2011 – "Historic Victory Moving 757 Species Towards Recovery," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

April 28, 2011 – "Protecting Species from Dirty Energy Projects," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

January 27, 2011 – "Defending the Endangered Species Act and Clean Air Act," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

October 28, 2010 – "Breaking the Endangered Species Act Political Logjam," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 29, 2010 – "Addressing the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

April 29, 2010 – "The Center's Alaska and Arctic Conservation Work," Alaska Director Rebecca Noblin

January 28, 2010 – "Saving 1,000 of the Nation's Most Threatened Species," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

October 29, 2009 – "The Center's Carnivore Conservation Work," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

July 29, 2009 – "Human Overpopulation and Impacts on Biodiversity," Executive Director Kierán Suckling

 

 

Otter photo by Bryant Austin, California Fish and Game; brown bear cubs by Lisa Hupp/USFWS