Harvey Locke
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Harvey Locke is a conservationist
, writer
, and photographer. He is a recognized global leader in the field of parks, wilderness and large landscape conservation. He is a founder of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
, with the goal to create a continuous corridor for wildlife from Yellowstone National Park
in the United States
to the Yukon
in Northern Canada
. Locke was named one of Canada’s leaders for the 21st century by Time Magazine
Canada.
Harvey) and Dr. Gerald Lorne Locke, in Calgary
, Alberta
. His family counts among Southern Alberta's earliest European settlers and has been in the Bow Valley
since the early 1870s. He grew up in southern Alberta
where he attended the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
in Dewinton, Alberta. In 1976, he spent a year in College Wildhorn, in Anzere
, Switzerland. Back in Calgary, he first obtained a Bachelor of Arts in French and later a Bachelor of Laws
in 1984 (with silver medal) from the University of Calgary
. He was a lawyer and partner at a law firm in Calgary for 14 years and served as volunteer president of both Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and at the Alberta Liberal Party
. In 1999, Harvey became a full time conservationist dedicated to national park
s, wilderness
, large landscape and connectivity conservation and climate change
. He is married to Marie-Eve Marchand and has two sons by a previous marriage.
, and currently the Vice President for Conservation Strategy at the WILD Foundation
in Boulder, Colorado
. Locke's writing and photography have been published in newspapers, magazines and peer reviewed journals in seven countries. He has lectured at many universities and spoken on national parks, wilderness and large landscape conservation at conferences around the world. He has testified on national parks legislation before Parliamentary committees, and led conservation campaigns. In 1999, Locke was named one of Time Magazine
Canada's leaders for the 21st century.
In October 2009, Locke was invited as the keynote speaker for the inaugural Thomas Foundation Oration in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy and the Thomas Foundation Oration in Australia during that country's first Linking Landscape Summit. During the opening ceremony of the Ninth World Wilderness Congress (WILD9) in Mérida, Mexico on November 6, 2009, Harvey Locke addressed Mexican President Felipe Calderon on behalf of the delegates. At WILD9, the first series of stamps on wilderness was initiated by the Mexican Postal Service and cancelled by the President Calderon to celebrate Tierras Sylvestres. The series celebrates five wilderness areas in Mexico, USA, Canada, Russia and South Africa and a picture taken by Harvey Locke of Canada's Nahanni National Park.
Locke has been invited to engage on parks and wilderness in Europe. He spoke at the Czech EC Presidency Conference on Wilderness in Prague, Czech Republic in 2009 , gave a keynote speech on Europe's National Parks in a global context for Europarc Federation in Abruzzo, Italy in October 2010 , spoke at the Belgian EC Presidency Conference on Wilderness Restoration in Brussels in November 2010 , and at the launch of the Rewilding Europe initiative in Brussels, November 2010. He gave keynote speeches in Banff, Canada on International Leadership, Parks Canada's Contribution to the world at the official 125th anniversary celebration of Canada's National Park System on November 2010 and at the Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the Stegner Center, Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century on Large Landscape Conservation in March 2011 .
Locke conceived and co-curated the 2011 art show, Yellowstone to Yukon: the Journey of Wildlife and Art, a collaboration of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Canada, artist Dwayne Harty, and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
He is a past board member of the Nature Conservancy of Montana, as well as past president and director emeritus of the Wildlands Project (now the Wildlands Network). He also served as program advisor to Tides Canada Foundation and to the Canadian Boreal Initiative. He was also senior program officer for the environment at the Henry P. Kendall Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. He served on the World Commission on Protected Areas
; the executive committees of the Eighth World Wilderness Congress and Ninth World Wilderness Congress (WILD9); a board member of the Freedom to Roam initiative; and trustee of the Eleanor Luxton
Historical Foundation in Banff.
Harvey Locke has done interviews with all varieties of media including Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, Nippon Television, National Geographic, Nature of Things, La Presse, Globe and Mail, National Post, Geo Plein Air, Backpacker Magazine and several documentary films including 10 minute feature on CBC National News, September, 2008 and on Découverte à Radio-Canada, and Star Alliance and National Geographic partnership (Biosphere Connections).
His photographs were shown at the American Museum of Natural History for the Yellowstone to Yukon exhibit in 2006. They were also featured in the iPad portion of the 2011 exhibit: Yellowstone to Yukon: the Journey of Wildlife and Art at the National Museum of Wildlife Art and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Conservationist
Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and photographer. He is a recognized global leader in the field of parks, wilderness and large landscape conservation. He is a founder of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative or Y2Y is a joint Canada-US charitable organization that seeks to preserve and maintain the wildlife, native plants...
, with the goal to create a continuous corridor for wildlife from Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
in Northern Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Locke was named one of Canada’s leaders for the 21st century by Time Magazine
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
Canada.
Personal life
Harvey Locke (full name Gerald Timothy Harvey Locke) was born in 1959 to Ralphine Locke (néeNEE
NEE is a political protest group whose goal was to provide an alternative for voters who are unhappy with all political parties at hand in Belgium, where voting is compulsory.The NEE party was founded in 2005 in Antwerp...
Harvey) and Dr. Gerald Lorne Locke, in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. His family counts among Southern Alberta's earliest European settlers and has been in the Bow Valley
Bow Valley
Bow Valley is a valley located along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada.The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations peoples to make bows; the Peigan name for the river is "Makhabn", meaning "river where bow weeds grow".-Parks:Bow...
since the early 1870s. He grew up in southern Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
where he attended the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School is a private school in Okotoks, Alberta, just outside of Calgary. It has students in grades 1 to 12. Its grade 12 provincial exam scores are consistently some of the most highly ranked in the province, along with Old Scona of Edmonton. Strathcona-Tweedsmuir also...
in Dewinton, Alberta. In 1976, he spent a year in College Wildhorn, in Anzere
Anzère
Anzère is a small village in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, located in the municipality of Ayent and close to Sion and Crans. A south-facing purpose-built resort in traditional Swiss architectural style...
, Switzerland. Back in Calgary, he first obtained a Bachelor of Arts in French and later a Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
in 1984 (with silver medal) from the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
. He was a lawyer and partner at a law firm in Calgary for 14 years and served as volunteer president of both Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and at the Alberta Liberal Party
Alberta Liberal Party
The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...
. In 1999, Harvey became a full time conservationist dedicated to national park
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
s, wilderness
Wilderness
Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity. It may also be defined as: "The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet—those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with...
, large landscape and connectivity conservation and climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
. He is married to Marie-Eve Marchand and has two sons by a previous marriage.
Professional activities
Locke has served as President or Vice President of the CPAWS for many years and he is now its senior advisor on conservation. He is a founder and senior advisor for Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation InitiativeYellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative or Y2Y is a joint Canada-US charitable organization that seeks to preserve and maintain the wildlife, native plants...
, and currently the Vice President for Conservation Strategy at the WILD Foundation
WILD Foundation
The WILD Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States in 1974 by South African Ian Player, and based in Boulder, Colorado....
in Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
. Locke's writing and photography have been published in newspapers, magazines and peer reviewed journals in seven countries. He has lectured at many universities and spoken on national parks, wilderness and large landscape conservation at conferences around the world. He has testified on national parks legislation before Parliamentary committees, and led conservation campaigns. In 1999, Locke was named one of Time Magazine
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
Canada's leaders for the 21st century.
In October 2009, Locke was invited as the keynote speaker for the inaugural Thomas Foundation Oration in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy and the Thomas Foundation Oration in Australia during that country's first Linking Landscape Summit. During the opening ceremony of the Ninth World Wilderness Congress (WILD9) in Mérida, Mexico on November 6, 2009, Harvey Locke addressed Mexican President Felipe Calderon on behalf of the delegates. At WILD9, the first series of stamps on wilderness was initiated by the Mexican Postal Service and cancelled by the President Calderon to celebrate Tierras Sylvestres. The series celebrates five wilderness areas in Mexico, USA, Canada, Russia and South Africa and a picture taken by Harvey Locke of Canada's Nahanni National Park.
Locke has been invited to engage on parks and wilderness in Europe. He spoke at the Czech EC Presidency Conference on Wilderness in Prague, Czech Republic in 2009 , gave a keynote speech on Europe's National Parks in a global context for Europarc Federation in Abruzzo, Italy in October 2010 , spoke at the Belgian EC Presidency Conference on Wilderness Restoration in Brussels in November 2010 , and at the launch of the Rewilding Europe initiative in Brussels, November 2010. He gave keynote speeches in Banff, Canada on International Leadership, Parks Canada's Contribution to the world at the official 125th anniversary celebration of Canada's National Park System on November 2010 and at the Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the Stegner Center, Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century on Large Landscape Conservation in March 2011 .
Locke conceived and co-curated the 2011 art show, Yellowstone to Yukon: the Journey of Wildlife and Art, a collaboration of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Canada, artist Dwayne Harty, and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
He is a past board member of the Nature Conservancy of Montana, as well as past president and director emeritus of the Wildlands Project (now the Wildlands Network). He also served as program advisor to Tides Canada Foundation and to the Canadian Boreal Initiative. He was also senior program officer for the environment at the Henry P. Kendall Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. He served on the World Commission on Protected Areas
World Commission on Protected Areas
The World Commission on Protected Areas is one of six Commissions of the IUCN . WCPA is the world's premier network of protected area expertise...
; the executive committees of the Eighth World Wilderness Congress and Ninth World Wilderness Congress (WILD9); a board member of the Freedom to Roam initiative; and trustee of the Eleanor Luxton
Norman Luxton
Norman K. Luxton was a pioneer in the Canadian Rockies known as "Mr. Banff" . With John Voss, he attempted to sail around the world in a dug-out canoe...
Historical Foundation in Banff.
Photography and media
Harvey Locke's photography has been published in numerous books, magazines, websites and newspapers including New York Times, Wildlife Conservation, Canadian Geographic, Backpacker, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, Agence France Press, AeroMexico in flight magazine Escala.Harvey Locke has done interviews with all varieties of media including Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, Nippon Television, National Geographic, Nature of Things, La Presse, Globe and Mail, National Post, Geo Plein Air, Backpacker Magazine and several documentary films including 10 minute feature on CBC National News, September, 2008 and on Découverte à Radio-Canada, and Star Alliance and National Geographic partnership (Biosphere Connections).
His photographs were shown at the American Museum of Natural History for the Yellowstone to Yukon exhibit in 2006. They were also featured in the iPad portion of the 2011 exhibit: Yellowstone to Yukon: the Journey of Wildlife and Art at the National Museum of Wildlife Art and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
Sample of published articles and book contributions
- Locke H. “Yellowstone to Yukon: the Journey of Wildlife and Art” 2011-2012 edition, in Call of the Wild, National Museum of Wildlife Art, WY, USA
- Locke H. “La moitié pour la nature” Printemps 2011 Volume 31 Numéro 2, in in Vivo abq, Le bulletin de l'association des biologistes du Québec, Montréal, Canada
- Locke H.“Civil Society and Protected Areas: Lessons from Canada’s Experience” 2009 in George Wright Forum, vol. 26, number 2, pp 101–128, Hancock, Michigan, USA
- Locke H. and Mackey B. “The Nature of Climate Change: Reunite International Climate Change Mitigation Efforts with Biodiversity Conservation and Wilderness Protection” 2009 in International Journal of Wilderness, Vol. 15, number 2, WILD Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Locke H. “Canada Increases Wilderness Protection and Policy Goals” 2009 in International Journal of Wilderness, Vol. 15, number 1, WILD Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Kormos C. and Locke H. “Introduction to the Wilderness Concept” 2008 in A Handbook on International Wilderness Law and Policy Kormos C. ed., Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO, USA
- Locke H. “The Need and Opportunity and Opportunity for Landscape Scale Conservation in the Yellowstone to Yukon Region: A Vision for the 21st Century” 2006, in Greater Yellowstone Public Lands: A Century of Discovery, Hard Lessons, and Bright Prospects, Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, A. Wondrak Biel ed.,Yellowstone Centre for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
- Locke H. “The Spiritual Dimension of Moving to the Mountains” 2006, in The Amenties Migrants L.A.G. Moss ed., CABI, Oxfordshire, UK
- Locke H. and Tabor G. "Y2Y Today: Where we are and where we go from Here" 2005 in Yellowstone to Yukon:Freedom to Roam : a Photographic Journey by Florian Schulz, Mountaineers Books, Seattle, USA
- Locke H. and Dearden P. “Rethinking Protected Area Categories and the New Paradigm”, Environmental Conservation 32 (1), 2005, Foundation for Environmental Conservation, Cambridge University Press, UK
- Konstant W., Locke H. and Hanna J. "Waterton- Glacier International Peace Park: The First of its Kind” 2005 in Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas in R. A. Mittermeir et al. eds., Cemex-Agrupacion Sierra Madre-Conservation International, Mexico
- Locke H. “Banff National Park: Lessons Learnt form Tourism in the World’s Third Oldest National Park” The Game Ranger, No. 1, 2005 Game Rangers Association of Africa, South Africa
- Locke H. "Nahanni-Boreal Headwaters of the World" 2004 in Rendezvous in the Wild, The Boreal Forest by Raffan J., The Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ontario, Canada
- Tabor G. and Locke H. “Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative” 2004, in Managing Mountain Protected Areas: Challenges and Responses for the 21st Century, D. Harmon and G. Worboys eds. Andromeda Editrice, Colledara, Italy
- Locke H. "Foreword", and Protected Areas Management in Canada 2ed. 2002 P. Dearden and R,Rollins eds., Oxford University Press, Toronto, Canada
- Locke H. “Keep Faith with Nature’ 2000, in Crossroads R. Davies et al. eds, Gage, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Locke H. “Spirituality and Wilderness” in Wild Earth, Spring, 1999, Richmond, Vermont, USA
- Locke H. “Banff National Park and the Yellowstone to Yukon Corridor” 1998 in National Parks and their Contribution to Sustainable Development, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany
- Locke H. and Elgie S. “Using the Law to Protect Wild Places” 1996, in Protecting Canada’s Endangered Spaces M. Hummel ed., Key Porter, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Keiter R. and Locke H. “Law and Large Carnivore Conservation in the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada” in Conservation Biology, vol. 10, no. 4, August 1996, Blackwell Scientific, Malden, MA, USA
- Locke H. “The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative” in Wildlife Conservation May 1996, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USA
- Locke H. "Preserving the wild heart of North America: The Wildlands Project and the Yellowstone to Yukon Biodiversity Strategy" 1994 in Borealis issue 15, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
See also
- Conservation biologyConservation biologyConservation biology is the scientific study of the nature and status of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction...
- EnvironmentalismEnvironmentalismEnvironmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
- WildernessWildernessWilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity. It may also be defined as: "The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet—those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with...
- National Parks
- Protected Areas
- Global warmingGlobal warmingGlobal warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
External links
- IUCN-World Commission on Protected areas (WPCA), Mountains Biome, Mountain Protected Areas Network: Connectivity Conservation Work
- IUCN-WPCA Global Transboundary Protected Areas Network, Find different case studies
- For further interest, here is some examples of Connectivity Conservation projects that are happening around the world:
- Nepal and India: The Terai Arc project
- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan: Hindu Kush-Himalayas Conservation
- Australia: Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
- Mexico and Central America: MesoAmerica Biological Corridor in Spanish only