Denver Holt - 2004, 2006 Speaker
Denver Holt is a wildlife researcher with many interests. His work and research with owls and their ecology is known internationally. He has been researching owls since 1978 in Mexico, Costa Rica, Alaska, Massachusetts and Montana. This work has resulted in numerous publications in both scientific and natural history journals.
Denver is founder and president of the Owl Research Institute in Ninepipes, Montana.
In 2002, National Geographic Explorer Television and National Geographic Magazine featured, "Owls: Silent Hunters", on the Owl Research Institute's project on Snowy owls in Barrow Alaska.
Not limited to owls, Denver has also studies gulls, terns, raptors, and small mammals.
Thane Maynard - 2005 Speaker
Thane Maynard is Vice President of Public Information at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Thane Maynard 's mission is to teach and write, telling the story of biological diversity, natural history, and wildlife conservation to the general public.
Thane is best known as a writer and host of numerous wildlife programs, including the daily "public radio series" the "90-Second Naturalist", which airs on stations across North America. He has been featured on "Good Morning America", "Today", and "CBS This Morning", and has been a regular wildlife expert on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien".
He is the author of thirteen books on wildlife. He is currently writing a book titled the "The Nature of Hope," which is also the title of the book he is writing with Jane Goodall.
The IWFF, now entering its 27th year, is the longest running film festival of its kind in the world. The tour includes award-winning films that come from some of the most superb film and television producers in the world.
The 2004 Bridger Raptor Festival brought the International Wildlife Film Festival - Post Tour to Bozeman for the first time and it has become a highlight of the Raptor Fest since.
The selected titles are extremely entertaining, educational and promote knowledge and understanding of wildlife films and other media in the world.
To find out more about the IWFF, Click here to visit their website.
To read more about this year's Post Tour Event in Bozeman Click here.
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