Showing posts with label Pat Meyer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pat Meyer. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Celebrating 20 Years of Island Fox Conservation and Looking to the Future

Pat Meyer meets Jane Goodall in 2006
 

Friends of the Island Fox (FIF) was founded in 2005, when Channel Island foxes were critically endangered on four islands.

See a short history of the organization presented during our August "Date with a Fox" on-line program and hear from FIF Board member Justin Purnell about a fieldwork study program for high school students that provides a personal experience with the island ecosystem.


 

Friends of the Island Fox is partnering with the Field Studies Cooperative to provide more students with this life-changing opportunity. 


 

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Pat Meyer Talks About the Island Fox



Friends of the Island Fox founder Pat Meyer recently was interviewed on a television program in Ventura County, California. 


Hear her talk about how the island fox became endangered, how she was motivated to start a public outreach and education non-profit organization, and how conservation efforts have helped take the island fox from critically endangered toward recovery. 

 

Friends of the Island Fox joined with the Channel Islands Park Foundation in January 2011.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Channel Island Fox Talk Podcast

Happy July 4th!

Friends of the Island Fox is proud to announce our new

Channel Island Fox Talk - Podcast
.

We hope to bring you interviews and updates with the people that are helping to save the endangered island fox.

Channel Island Fox Talk - Episode 1
:
  • Pat Meyer, President of FIF and the plans for Fox Talk
  • Alan Varsik, Santa Barbara Zoo Director of Animal Programs and Conservation, with an island fox update
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN to
Channel Island Fox Talk

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

How Can You Help the Island Fox ?


The island fox lives on six of California’s Channel Islands and no where else in the world. While pups like these are helping increase the various island populations, they are still highly endangered.For the most recent fox status from the northern islands read the December Island Fox Update

You can help the island fox by supporting conservation efforts:
Through Friends of the Island Fox you can also help to fund important island fox management, public education and research.


Fox Veterinarian - $5,000 helps pay for veterinarian visits to the islands to care for sick foxes in the captive breeding facility, conduct annual physicals and administer vaccinations.

Fox Guardian – $2,500 helps fund signs at Channel Island landings to educate visitors and ensure the safety and health of island foxes.

Fox Researcher – $1,000 helps provide funding for island fox research projects.

Fox Ambassador – $500 pays for a teaching trunk to be loaned to teachers in Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties for classroom education about the island fox and the California Channel Islands.

Fox Tracker – $250 buys a radio collar so a released island fox can be tracked to ensure its safety.

Fox Teacher – $100 purchases needed educational materials to be used in classroom and community programs.

Donations of any size help the cause to SAVE THE ISLAND FOX. You can donate directly through the PayPal or Network for Good buttons in the upper right corner or through the mail. (Download brochure)

You can also help by inviting Friends of the Island Fox representatives to speak at your community group or school.

Schools, classrooms or youth groups can also participate in the
Fox Ambassador Program as a conservation or Earth Day Project.

Contact us by phone at (805) 386-0386 or e-mail: admin@islandfox.org


You can also help the island fox by supporting zoological facilities that house San Clemente Island foxes.

To join the Island Fox News e-mail list, send a request to islandfoxnews@gmail.com

Working Together We Can Save The Island Fox

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Friends of the Island Fox, Inc. Goes Live!

Hear FIF on the radio or streaming live on the web.

January 31 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM
on Talk Radio 960 AM
in Antelope Valley

or www.talk960.com


FIF President Pat Meyer and National Park Service Lead Biologist Tim Coonan will be interviewed by Barb Stanton of Talk Radio 960 AM.

You’ll get the most up-to-date information on fox status and news on how you can help the island fox.


LISTEN live on the internet.