The individuals listed below are running for election to the Wyoming Wildlife Federation Board of Directors.

We strongly encourage our members to vote for the board members of their
choice and return their ballot by April 17, 2008.

Though this is an uncontested election, the endorsement of our membership, through your vote, is still needed!

Wyoming Wildlife Federation Board of Directors Election will be held during the Annual Membership Meeting on April 19th in Casper.

Please use the ballot received in the mail. Only current WWF members are allowed to vote.

Armond Acri Armond is a retired chemical engineer.  He resides in Jackson.  He enjoys hunting big game, grouse, and waterfowl.  He also likes to fish, back county ski, climb, and backpack and uses these opportunities to observe wildlife in their habitats.  He looks forward to working for the members of WWF to preserve what we have and protect and prevent loss and destruction of wildlife and their habitats.	Bill Alldredge Bill Alldredge retired as Professor and Chair of the Wildlife Major from the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University in 2001 after a rewarding 30-year career.  He is currently a Professor Emeritus with that Department.  Using his Wyoming pronghorn research, Bill presented testimony in Federal District Court that helped protect pronghorn winter range on Red Rim. He currently resides 25 miles northwest of Thermopolis with his golden retrievers, mules and horses.  He consults on energy development issues and wildlife habitat management, serves on the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Project Advisory Committee and the Big Horn Basin Sage Grouse Working Group.  He is a member of The Wildlife Society, Wyoming and Colorado Chapters of that Society, The American Society for Mammalogists, Wyoming Wildlife Federation and served on the board of the Colorado Wildlife Federation.  In 2000, the Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society recognized him with an Honorary Lifetime Membership and in 2001, presented him the Douglas L. Gilbert Award, for professional excellence.   Each fall, Bill takes his bow for walk in the woods ostensibly in pursuit of the wily wapiti and he also enjoys birding, fly fishing, and game bird hunting.  Bill is adamant in his belief that all of Wyoming’s wildlife needs a place to live, and will use his tireless energy working to help assure those needs are met.
Lonnie Allred Lonnie was born and raised in Ten Sleep and is a lifelong resident of Wyoming. He graduated from Casper College and the University of Wyoming. Lonnie spent his early years hunting, fishing and trapping and now prefers to fish and watch wildlife. Lonnie has always been interested in the preservation of wildlife and wildlife habitat. He retired in 2001 and has been on the WWF Board of Directors for the last three years and a WWF member for over 20 years.	Dave Bragonier Dave is a 35 year veteran Wyoming Game Warden, now retired.  He is past president and life member of both the Wyoming Game Wardens Association and the Wyoming Peace Officers Association.  Dave and his wife, Germaine, have three grown children and now live on their row-crop and hay farm near Powell, where they have dedicated 20 acres, including a 6 acre wetland, to wildlife.
Lance T. Harmon Lance T. Harmon is a shareholder in the law firm of Bailey, Stock & Harmon P.C. where he practices in the areas of business planning, estate planning, real estate and taxation.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Utah State University and his degree of Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law.  Mr. Harmon served as an adjunct professor at the University of Wyoming College of Law teaching the course of Advanced Business Organizations.  Mr. Harmon is admitted to practice law in the State of Wyoming, the State of Colorado and before the United States Tax Court.  He is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Wyoming State Bar and the Southeast Wyoming Estate Planning Council. Lance is originally from Afton, Wyoming and is an avid hunter, angler and horse packer. He and his wife Amy have three daughters, and the center of their universe is the Greys River country of western Wyoming.	Dave Moody Dave Moody received his Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Management from the University of Wyoming in 1976.  He is a conservation professional who has served in a variety of positions with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department: -      Terrestrial Wildlife Biologist in Baggs (1976 – 1987) where he dealt with numerous environmental issues associated with energy development and protecting many key crucial winter ranges for ungulates; -     Regional Wildlife Management Coordinator in Jackson (1987 – 1993) where he spearheaded efforts to improve elk management in the Jackson Herd Unit and was instrumental in implementing the first “any ram” hunt for bighorn sheep; and  -      Trophy Game Coordinator in Lander (1993 – present) where he has been responsible for all aspects of data collection, analysis and management plan development for grizzly bears, black bears, mountain lions, and the first draft of the wolf plan.    Dave received the WWF Conservationist of the Year Award from the WWF in 1983 and 1984.  He has been a member of the WWF since 1978 and served on the WWF Board of Directors from 1989 to 1992. He is an avid hunter and fisherman and will work hard to protect Wyoming’s wildlife and their habitats.

Jim Pratt Jim lives in Powell, Wyoming and has off and on since 1988. He has a wife and four children. Jim’s banking career moved him around the West from President and CEO of a bank in Oregon to First National Bank in Powell. As an experienced board member with Shoshone Back Country Horsemen (state director for 5 years and an alternate director for National Back Country Horsemen), he comes to us with financial talent and a wildlife focus. Jim has a passion for hunting and has done so all his life. Retirement has its perks as Jim is able to start his prowl during archery season at the end of August and end with quail season during January in Arizona. He hunts sheep, deer, elk, antelope, waterfowl, snow goose, pheasant and quail to name a few.