Dear Friends,

We are about to embark on our annual West Coast Summer Roadshow. Our giant inflatable buffalo will grace Farmers Markets along the Pacific Coast and we will give public presentations in cafe's, classrooms, and community centers along the way. Please check the following schedule and if you are in or near any of these locations please come out and meet us. Tell your family and friends we are coming, and download our flier, photocopy it, and post it around town. The poster will be available via download on our website tomorrow.
Check it out at: http://www.wildrockies.org/Buffalo/politico00//flyers

You can also help by contacting local newspapers, TV, and radio stations and letting them know about the Roadshow. Our show features a video presentation, spoken stories, live music by Robert Sanchez, and questions and answers. After supporting us for all these years please come out and let us thank you in person.

We are also planning an East Coast Roadshow in October. If you live anywhere between Virginia and Vermont and want to help host or publicize an event, please contact Dan Brister at bfc-media@wildrockies.org or call him at (406) 726-5555.

We must protect the Yellowstone buffalo, America's only continuously wild herd. But we can't do it without you. We are hitting both coasts in the coming months to help generate the support the buffalo need so badly. We hope to meet you this Summer and Fall.

With the Buffalo,
Mike Mease
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West Coast Tour Schedule

Aug. 13 Boulder, CO
4 PM-8 PM Farmers Market
Central Park (13th & Walnut Sts.)                  

Aug 14 Boulder, CO
7 PM Show*
University of Colorado
Old Main Theater
*After show Benefit Concert with Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon
Contact: Shephanie 303-735-4718

Aug. 15 Denver, CO
Show for kids -
Public School #1 -- Kids 12-14

Aug. 15 Boulder, CO
7 PM Utah Philips Benefit Concert
for Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Food Not Bombs
University of Colorado-Old Main Theater
Contact: Betty 303-444-6981

Aug. 16 Denver, CO
8 AM- 2 PM   
Larimer Street Market 
Park Ave W & Larimer St.

Aug. 17 Denver, CO
2 PM- 5 PM Show 
Mercury Café
2199 California St.
Contact: Jill 303-393-2676

Aug. 19 Phoenix, AZ
10 AM-4 PM     
Buffalo Exchange
227 University

Aug. 19 Phoenix,AZ
7 PM Show 
Buffalo Exchange 227 University
Contact: Alyssa 480-968-2557

Aug. 21 San Deigo,CA
6:30 PM Show  
Mission Trails Regional Park
1 Father Junipero Serra Trail
Contact: Beth 619-582-2885

Aug. 22 Long Beach, CA
9 AM- 3 PM Farmers Market
Broadway & Promenade North

Aug. 23 Santa Barbara, CA
8:30 AM- 12:30 PM Farmers Market
Santa Barbara & Cota St.

Aug. 24 Santa Monica, CA
9:30 AM- 1 PM Farmers Market
Ocean Pk. & Main St.

Aug. 25 Ventura, CA
12 PM Show  
Patagonia Store Brown Bag Lunch

Aug. 26 Santa Barbara ,CA
3 PM- 6:30 PM Farmers Market
500-600 block State St. 

Aug. 27 Santa Monica, CA
7:30 PM Show 
Patagonia Store  
2936 Main St.
Contact: Albert 310-314-1776

Aug. 28 (morning) Oxnard, CA
9 AM- 1 PM Farmers Market
5th & C, Downtown Plaza Park

Aug. 28 (afternoon) San Luis Obispo, CA
5:30 PM- 9 PM Farmers Market
800-900 blocks Higuera St.

Aug. 29 San Luis Obispo, CA
7 PM Show
Public Library, Community Room
995 Palm St.
Contact: Darren 805-466-6378

Aug. 30 Berkeley, CA
10 AM- 3 PM Farmers Market & Kids Festival
Center St. & Martin Luther King Jr.

Aug. 30 Berkeley, CA
7pm -9pm Show*  
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave
Contact: Beck 510-548-2220 x 233  
* With Ernest Callenbach, author of "Bring Back the Buffalo" and "Ecotopia"

Aug. 31 Menlo Park, CA
9:30 AM- 1:30 PM Farmers Market
720 Menlo Ave

Sept. 2 Berkeley, CA
2 PM- 7PM Farmers Market
Derby & Martin Luther King Jr.

Sept. 3 Marin, CA
7 PM Show 
Foundation For Deep Ecology*  
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Marin Headlands, Sausalito
Contact: Tracee 415-229-9339     
* With Ernest Callenbach, author of "Bring Back the Buffalo" and "Ecotopia"

Sept. 5 Mendocino, CA
12PM- 2 PM Farmers Market 
Howard & Main St.

Sept. 5 Mendocino, CA
Evening Show TBA
Contact: Chris 707-937-4295
hawkwork@mcn.org

Sept. 6 AM Arcata,CA
9 AM- 1 PM Farmers Market
G & 8th St.

Sept.6-7 Hayfork, CA
Trinity Tribal Stomp
Highway 3

Sept. 8 Ashland, OR
7 PM- 9 PM Show  
Nuwandart Gallery
258 A St.
Contact: Lesley- 541-821-3882

Sept. 9 Ashland, OR
10:30 AM- 7 PM   
Ashland Food Co-op
237 1st St.

Sept. 10 Portland, OR
10 AM-2 PM
Peoples Food Cooperative
21st between Powell & DivisionSept. 11 Portland, OR
4 PM- 8 PM Farmers Market   
NW 10th between Irving & Johnson

Sept. 11 Portland, OR
7:30 PM- 9:30 PM Show 
Liberty Hall 311 N. Ivy 
Contact: Greg- 503-816-5217

Sept. 13 (morning) Eugene, OR
10 AM- 4 PM Farmers Market
Oak & 6th

Sept. 13 (afternoon) Eugene, OR
7:30 PM Show 
Cosmic Pizza 199 W. 8th St.
Contact: Kris- 541-736-1692

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* BFC Planning East Coast Roadshow, Needs Your Help in Setting up Events
For those of you on the East Coast, we will bring the BFC road show your way in October. Dan Brister will present the Yellowstone herd through video footage, readings from his recently completed manuscript of bison-inspired essays, and open discussion. We will bring the buffalo's plight to communities from West Virginia to Vermont.

We are currently scheduling East Coast venues for presentations. Please contact us at (406) 726-5555 or bfc-media@wildrockies.org if you can help set up a location for this compelling video, reading, and discussion program.
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* A Word From the Kitchen
Our refrigerator recently stopped working and we are in desperate need of a new one. We are looking for an industrial-size refrigerator to keep the food that nourishes our volunteers. If you have one to donate or know someone who might, please contact us using the information below. We need one by Fall, before the annual influx of volunteers arrives to staff next winter's daily patrols. Thank you!

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