The job of bird enthusiasts and conservation biologists, Rohrbaugh said, is to "make sure [critically endangered birds] don't slip into obscurity" and become lost or extinct.
This also creates tensions between Trillium enthusiasts and conservation proponents.
Around 30 conservation experts and volunteer heritage enthusiasts from all walks of life have descended on Holy Trinity Church at the tiny village of Ratcliffe-on-Soar for a week to carry out vital maintenance and repair work to this attractive 13th century church.
iSeahorse harnesses the power of citizen scientists -- divers, photographers, researchers, conservation groups and other wildlife enthusiasts around the world -- to improve our understanding of these elusive and threatened animals.
"By limiting ourselves to sounds, we have built a very focussed and dedicated group of sound enthusiasts; ornithologists, birdwatchers, bird guides, conservation biologists, ecologists, and so on.
Today, about 50 hopeful enthusiasts are on a Butterfly Conservation field trip, wandering the paths and congregating in the sunlit openings, where eyes scan the surrounding blackthorn bushes, searching for the flutter of grey-brown wings.
These descriptions will be of great interest to all herpetological enthusiasts, travelers to the region, and conservation biologists who track the health of amphibian populations.
Less than a month later, the Senate confirmed his nominee for Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell -- a dedicated outdoor enthusiast who understands the economic, recreational and conservation benefits of protecting public lands.
Nostalgia also fueled the formation of the American Coaster Enthusiasts in 1978, a fan club that supports the conservation of old coasters, maintaining an international list of almost three dozen "Coaster Classics".
She begins the book by rooting the sources of New Conservation in two separate intellectual traditions, one promoted by rural electrification enthusiasts and another by land use planners, both of which linked social with environmental policy goals.
Alain Dupré is an avid turtle enthusiast who serves on the boards of several conservation organizations in France.
