Name
Rick Hobson

WWP Affiliation
Newsletter designer

Residence
Boise, Idaho

Family
Single. Parents, an uncle and both brothers also live in Boise, along with transplanted Massachusetts housecat Puma

Occupations (former and current)
Freelance desktop publishing and graphic design. Has worked for Dolphin Research Center in Florida, Whale Conservation Institute in Massachusetts, and both the Wolf Recovery Foundation and Wolf Education and Research Center in Idaho

Other Conservation Affiliations
None currently

Initial Link to WWP
Met Jon Marvel at a wolf film screening sponsored by Western Watersheds. Offered to work on WWP's newsletter and other projects

Memorable Conservation Experiences
Rescuing stranded marine mammals in the Florida Keys

Spectacular Wildlife Encounters
Swimming with wild dolphins in Australia. Swimming in river in Simlipal Preserve in India and finding fresh leopard tracks. Seeing a tiger bounding through brush in Sunderbans Preserve, India

Other Interests
Computer games, hiking, digital photography

Favorite Place(s) in the West
Oregon coast, the Bitterroot Mountains in Eastern Idaho and Western Montana, Owyhee Canyonlands

Conservation Hero(es)
The tree-sitters, undercover videotapers and others who place themselves bodily between the wild and those who would do harm

Most Recent Book Read
"The Victorian Internet"

Quote to Live By
* "Things should be made as simple as possible but not any simpler." - Albert Einstein

Three Wishes for the World
That the human race discovers that there are greater rewards to living in peace than in killing each other. That irrefutable scientific evidence of intelligent non-human life is discovered in the next 10 years or less; that it is generally recognized that all living creatures should be treated with respect and dignity