About the WFM

The Wild Felid Monitor is a biannual newsletter of the WFA highlighting current issues in felid conservation. Please consider contributing articles, letters, or other news that relates to wild felid management, research and conservation education to future issues of the WFM. Please go to the WFM Topics page for more details.

Editorial Staff

Harley Shaw, Managing Editor
Linda Sweanor, Distribution and Proofing

Editorial Policy

Send state/regional updates and/or inquiries to appropriate regional or student correspondent. Research, techniques, and perspectives article inquiries should be sent to the managing editor, Harley Shaw.

Regional Reps:
(U.S. Coordinator:Michael Cove, Latin American Cordinator:Sandra Ortiz)

Regional Reps. (to see Regional Rep Bios, click here>)

Southeastern U.S.: Michael Cove (2013- )
Arizona & New Mexico: Lisa Haynes (2019- )
Canada: vacant
Mexico:Sandra Ortiz (2016- )
Argentina / Chile: Nicolas Caruso (2013- )
Brazil: Henrique Concone (2014- ), Fernanda Cavalcanti (2018- )
Costa Rica : Ronit Amit (2018- )
Guatemala: Rony Garcia-Anleu (2019- )
Paraguay: Diego Gilberto Baez (2018- )
Venezuela: Maria Puerto Carrillo (2016- )
Peru: Alvaro Garcia-Olaechea (2017- )

Student Reps:(to see student rep bios, click here>)

Student Rep Coordinator: Sarah Hegg

Arizona: open
California:Anna Nisi; Justine Smith
Colorado: Annie Kellner
Idaho: Kaitlin Kupferman
Illinois: Evan Greenspan
Kentucky: open
Minnesota: Meredith Palmer
Nevada: open
New Mexico: open
North & South Dakota: Emily Mitchell
Oregon: Beth Orning
Texas: Michael Stangl
Utah: Claudia Stout
Washington: Lauren Satterfield
Wyoming: Colby Anton
Alberta, Canada: Mitchell Flowers

Formatting requirements:

For Notes from the Field, Tools of the Trade and Perspective articles, submissions of about 750 words (1 page) are preferred; photos, drawings, and charts are appreciated.
Submissions should indicate the type of article at the top of the first page along with the author's name, affiliation (if any), and email address.
Graphics (photos, maps, drawings) should be submitted in high resolution JPEG format (300 dpi if possible), and not embedded in documents.
Electronic submissions are preferred; otherwise, please mail to the address listed below.
Regional / State Reports should be factual and omit personal opinions.
The WFA reserves the right to accept, reject, and edit submissions

Submission Deadlines

Submission deadlines are strictly enforced.

April 15 (Summer Issue, articles)
May 1st (Summer Issue, regional reports)
October 15th (Winter Issue, articles)
November 1st (Winter Issue, regional reports)

Mailing address for submissions (email preferred):

Wild Felid Monitor
PO Box 486
Hillsboro, NM 88042