Hope Ryden
 RESPONSES TO HOPE'S PROGRAMS"Again you graced our Museum with an inspiring presentation. Some of us have been lucky enough to have heard you speak on both occasions of your visit to the Museum." Rochester Museum & Science Center "Your presentation to our members was informative and inspirational. Monday at lunch conversations were still buzzing about the beaver kits seen in your video.Your dedication in educating the public about various species has made you a role model to our members, amd more than deserving of our Association's Art and Literary Award" New York State Outdoor Education Association  formal college lecture |
Hope's TalksHope's speaking programs are popular because they are so full of her adventures in the field. During the four years she tracked wild horses, she was challenged by wild stallions protective of their harems. To document her discovery that coyote pups are tended not only by their parents, but also by yearling siblings, she spent seven weeks holed up without a break in a van parked a few yards from a den. Of this tedious experience she says, "Even astronauts have company." Once she was accepted by a bobcat and allowed to go along on a nightly hunt. She isn't sure why she was tolerated, but says, "I tried to imagine I was an oversized kitten being shown the ropes." To illustrate her lively talks, she uses slides and videos of rarely seen behavior. The titles of some of her talks are as follows: Living With Coyotes On the Track of the West's Wild Horses The Secret Life of the Bobcat Whatever Goes On Inside a Beaver Lodge! The War of the Squirrels: The Reds versus the Grays America's Faithful Eagle Mates for Life ........and more  Informal library talk SOME PLACES WHERE HOPE HAS SPOKENAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. Queens College, New York Tropical Audubon Society, Miami Brichell Avenue Literary Society, Miami Explorers Club, New York Rochester Museum and Science Center University of Chicago Chautauqua Institute, New York University of Wyoming Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois University of Iowa Sierra Club College of the Atlantic, Maine Sigma Xi Science Fraternity, New Jersey Brooklyn Public Library, Elementary Schools To Open More Pages Scroll Back and Click Hope's Books or Hope's Pix |
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