Safe Passage Press and Media Coverage
Safe Passage Press
Outlet | Date | Title | Author | Quoted |
National Parks Magazine | 6.13.21 | Safe Passages | Katherine DeGroff | Frances Figart, Creative Services Director, GSMA Jeff Hunter, Senior Program Manager, NPCA |
WNC Magazine | 6.7.21 | Moving in Harmony: The new Safe Passage campaign envisions wildlife crossings along human-heavy routes | Frances Figart PDF | Christine Laporte, Eastern Program Director, Wildlands Network Tim Gestwicki, CEO of NC Wildlife Federation Steve Goodman, NPCA wildlife biologist |
The Erwin Record | 5.26.21 | Seeking Safe Passage: Flag Pond woman pens children’s book promoting creation of wildlife crossings | Bryan Stevens | Frances Figart, Creative Services Director, GSMA |
National Wildlife Federation Journal | 5.20.21 | Wild Collaboration: Safe Passage project applies road ecology principles in Western North Carolina | Frances Figart | Dr. Liz Rutledge, director of Wildlife Resources, NCWF Ben Goldfarb, road ecology journalist Steve Goodman, NPCA wildlife biologist Travis Wilson, Wildlife Resources Commission biologist and habitat conservation coordinator Christine Laporte, Eastern Program Director, Wildlands Network Ron Sutherland, Chief Scientist, Wildlands Network Bill Holman, North Carolina’s state director of The Conservation Fund Ben Prater, Defenders of Wildlife’s Southeast program director Hugh Irwin, landscape conservation planner, The Wilderness Society |
Smoky Mountain Living | 5.15.21 | Searching for Safe Passage: Group Works for Safer Wildlife Crossings on Interstate | Holly Kays | Frances Figart, Creative Services Director, GSMA Jeff Hunter, Senior Program Manager, NPCA Dr. Liz Hillard, Wildlife Biologist, Wildlands Network David Uchiyama, DOT Terry McGuire, Road Ecology Expert and Highway Engineer, Parks Canada (retired) |
francesfigart.com | 5.13.21 | New Book and Song Support Safe Passage Movement | Frances Figart’s blog | |
Great Smoky Mountains Association YouTube Channel | 5.7.21 | Safe Passage: Animals Need a Hand song written by Frances Figart, performed by Smile of Lausanne, Switzerland | | |
The Conservation Fund | 5.3.21 | How a North Carolina coalition is creating safe passage for wildlife in the Great Smoky Mountains | By Dr. Liz Rutledge | |
Public Lands Alliance | 4.23.21 | A Search for Safe Passage released by GSMA | image | Frances Figart, Creative Services Director, GSMA |
Gateway to the Smokies | 4.21.21 | Ecotourism and Safe Passage for Large Wildlife in the Smokies. | Interview with Frances Figart | Frances Figart, Creative Services Director, GSMA |
Medium blog | 4.20.21 | Helping Wildlife Cross Roads in North Carolina and Tennessee | By Frances Figart | Ben Prater, Defenders’ Southeast program director Tim Gestwicki, CEO of NC Wildlife Federation Bill Holman, North Carolina’s state director of The Conservation Fund |