Earthfire Stories

The latest updates on Earthfire offerings, events, and initiatives.

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Daniel Roth Joins the Earthfire Institute Advisory Circle

We are beyond delighted that Daniel Roth has accepted our invitation to join Earthfire’s Advisory Circle. He brings a valuable combination of business expertise, curiosity, creativity, love of nature, and a spiritual orientation that suits Earthfire’s needs and values very well. Daniel is an experienced social entrepreneur, movement strategist, and

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Heather Holcomb with a wolf pup

Our Team: Evolving at Earthfire

After serving as Assistant Director for Earthfire Institute for over three years, our beloved Ann Loyola has accepted an exciting new role as Director of PAWS Animal Shelter here in the Teton Valley. Thanks to Ann’s deep commitment to Earthfire’s mission, we’ve been able to make essential progress in the

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Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth

Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth Step Into the Circle

Earthfire Institute, a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary and retreat center, welcomes two acclaimed authors and thought leaders to its Advisory Circle. Dahr Jamail is an award-winning journalist who has reported from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. In addition, he has reported extensively on US foreign policy and is now focusing

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Transformative Experiences in Nature

Dr. Susan Eirich has been invited to speak at the prestigious international Cortona Week 2022 to be held in Pontignano, Italy, June 26 – July 3, 2022. Speakers and guests from around the world are selected by the Cortona Friends committee and asked to share insights about emerging themes of

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Girl watches a video presentation on a laptop outside near a pond

Susan Speaks at Cortona Pearls 2021

How can we turn a distanced appreciation of nature into a meaningful, life-changing relationship with all of Life? Susan’s virtual Cortona Pearl presentation Reawakening our Bond with our Wild Earth explored this topic, inviting shared experiences in real-time from participants. We’ve shared a snippet of the event below. For more

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Smiling woman with long brown hair standing near some aspen trees in the fall

Meet Heather Holcomb

Heather wears many hats at Earthfire, helping in both office administration and managing the day-to-day care of Earthfire’s 31 resident sanctuary animals, from wolves to bison to a porcupine named Teddy. How did you come to rehab work? Do you have a history of working with animals? My background is

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Young wolf standing against the backdrop of the blue sky

Befriending Tundra the Wolf

There are just as many personality differences in animals as there are in people, a concept that becomes more evident to me each time I do my daily rounds. While Tanaka the wolf and I are now good friends and he excitedly greets me on my daily visits, not everyone

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Orange and black butterfly

Windows on the World of Good Things Happening

It takes five generations of Monarch butterflies to complete their migration and return to the place of origin—five generations! The ones that return aren’t the ones that left. How do they manage that? And how do we know that? Because of input from something wonderful called citizen science: thousands of

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Andrew Torgove Becomes Earthfire Institute Board Chair

The Board of Earthfire Institute is delighted to announce that long-time board member Andrew Torgove will become Board Chair effective immediately. He has graciously agreed to do so in order to support founder and current Board Chair Dr. Susan Eirich as she embarks on an extensive worldwide schedule of talks

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Black bear walking by purple thistle flowers

Global Changemakers Visit Earthfire

This month at Earthfire is incredibly inspiring and exciting. We have thought-leaders, artists, animal communicators, and more from around the world coming to visit the animals with the goal of helping us share their voices and shift the way that people see, and therefore treat, wildlife and nature. We currently

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Headshot of Daniel Roth

Daniel Roth Joins the Earthfire Institute Advisory Circle

We are beyond delighted that Daniel Roth has accepted our invitation to join Earthfire’s Advisory Circle. He brings a valuable combination of business expertise, curiosity, creativity, love of nature, and a spiritual orientation that suits Earthfire’s needs and values very well. Daniel is an experienced social entrepreneur, movement strategist, and

Read More
Heather Holcomb with a wolf pup

Our Team: Evolving at Earthfire

After serving as Assistant Director for Earthfire Institute for over three years, our beloved Ann Loyola has accepted an exciting new role as Director of PAWS Animal Shelter here in the Teton Valley. Thanks to Ann’s deep commitment to Earthfire’s mission, we’ve been able to make essential progress in the

Read More
Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth

Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth Step Into the Circle

Earthfire Institute, a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary and retreat center, welcomes two acclaimed authors and thought leaders to its Advisory Circle. Dahr Jamail is an award-winning journalist who has reported from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. In addition, he has reported extensively on US foreign policy and is now focusing

Read More
Logo for Cortona Friends

Transformative Experiences in Nature

Dr. Susan Eirich has been invited to speak at the prestigious international Cortona Week 2022 to be held in Pontignano, Italy, June 26 – July 3, 2022. Speakers and guests from around the world are selected by the Cortona Friends committee and asked to share insights about emerging themes of

Read More
Girl watches a video presentation on a laptop outside near a pond

Susan Speaks at Cortona Pearls 2021

How can we turn a distanced appreciation of nature into a meaningful, life-changing relationship with all of Life? Susan’s virtual Cortona Pearl presentation Reawakening our Bond with our Wild Earth explored this topic, inviting shared experiences in real-time from participants. We’ve shared a snippet of the event below. For more

Read More
Smiling woman with long brown hair standing near some aspen trees in the fall

Meet Heather Holcomb

Heather wears many hats at Earthfire, helping in both office administration and managing the day-to-day care of Earthfire’s 31 resident sanctuary animals, from wolves to bison to a porcupine named Teddy. How did you come to rehab work? Do you have a history of working with animals? My background is

Read More
Young wolf standing against the backdrop of the blue sky

Befriending Tundra the Wolf

There are just as many personality differences in animals as there are in people, a concept that becomes more evident to me each time I do my daily rounds. While Tanaka the wolf and I are now good friends and he excitedly greets me on my daily visits, not everyone

Read More
Orange and black butterfly

Windows on the World of Good Things Happening

It takes five generations of Monarch butterflies to complete their migration and return to the place of origin—five generations! The ones that return aren’t the ones that left. How do they manage that? And how do we know that? Because of input from something wonderful called citizen science: thousands of

Read More

Andrew Torgove Becomes Earthfire Institute Board Chair

The Board of Earthfire Institute is delighted to announce that long-time board member Andrew Torgove will become Board Chair effective immediately. He has graciously agreed to do so in order to support founder and current Board Chair Dr. Susan Eirich as she embarks on an extensive worldwide schedule of talks

Read More
Black bear walking by purple thistle flowers

Global Changemakers Visit Earthfire

This month at Earthfire is incredibly inspiring and exciting. We have thought-leaders, artists, animal communicators, and more from around the world coming to visit the animals with the goal of helping us share their voices and shift the way that people see, and therefore treat, wildlife and nature. We currently

Read More

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