THE EARTHFIRE INSTITUTE

We continually work to improve the living areas for our domesticated wildlife to ensure the sanctuary animals have the ability to live full happy lives while providing a safe place for humans to interact with them. We are in the process of raising money for new bear gardens and eventually plan to have an additional wolf garden. We'd also like to expand our animal rehabilitation center so that we have better capacity to receive and recover rescued wild animals per our Idaho State Fish & Game certification.

Earthfire serves as a successful powerful seed center of ideas, stimulating and reframing the discussion of conservation by including the voices of living beings usually outside our perceived community. We've pioneered an approach called Reconnection Ecology which opens the door to a deeper, more visceral connection with the natural world. Emotional attachment and an authentic sense of belonging has proven to lead to more constructive action on behalf of Earth's ecosystems.

Our outreach efforts include speaking engagements throughout the US and Europe, online Zoom salons, monthly enewsletters, consistent social media messaging, podcasts, collaborative partnerships with Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Coalition, 1% for the Planet, and Network for Good. We're also building educational programs and coursework.

We've increased the number of retreats and custom visits onsite by hiring more staff and improving walkways and viewing areas. This gives visitors better access to meet the animals close-up, leading to a more meaningful experience.

Earthfire Institute is a working wildlife sanctuary and rehabilitation center, but we also offer selected opportunities for private site visits and group retreats.

Earthfire retreats are unlike any other. While there are numerous places people can go for healing, reflection and connecting with nature, very few focus on transforming human awareness of who animals are, how that understanding can add immense richness to our lives, and how that awareness can help motivate us to preserve and protect them. We work to foster the realization that if we look to heal the whole community that is our Earth, we will get healed in the process. Animals are masters at teaching us the joys and rewards of this way of seeing things.

In working to build a community of people who would like to work with us to preserve the wild animals and wild places of our planet, we believe the first step is to give people the opportunity to gain a deep and heart-based understanding of who these beings are, through the opportunity to meet animal ambassadors personally.

We've invested over $1M dollars in facility improvements since 2019 and continue to see a rise in supporters year over year. Donations have also allowed us to hire experienced employees in all key areas: marketing, ranch maintenance, animal care, and strategic development.

Toward the end of 2021, a charitable bequest and several large donations valued above $5M have opened the door toward expanded state of the art bear and wolf habitats for our sanctuary animals in addition to further infrastructure improvements.