Wolfquest
Welcome to the November WolfQuest newsletter.

The News:
* Episode 2 News
* Online Survey
* Photo Contest Winners
* Who is the WolfQuest Team newbie?
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NEWSLETTER
November 2008
Episode 2 News
Everyone is asking about game updates, and while we cannot tell you everything quite yet, we can announce that Episode 2 is in the works! WolfQuest has received some much-needed funding. Many thanks to the Best Buy Childrens Foundation, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, and the Minnesota Zoo Foundation!

Slough Creek, Yellowstone
Slough Creek, Yellowstone National Park
Episode 2 is tentatively titled "Slough Creek" for the area of Yellowstone where your wolf settles down to raise pups. Yes, the focus will be on pups! We hope to launch it next spring, just when wolves in the real world are raising their pups. We will reveal more in the next newsletter in January, which will mark the one-year anniversary of WolfQuest. Until then, keep buying those WolfQuest t-shirts!

Online Survey
As part of our project evaluation, we are conducting an online survey of WolfQuest game players. It only takes a few minutes of your time but will help us a great deal. Please go take it now!

Photo Contest Winners
Thank you to everyone who sent in photo submissions, and congratulations to the winners! The three winners will receive a WolfQuest t-shirt, the book Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild, by James Halfpenny, and a fabulous prize from the Minnesota Zoo. The people in the Honorable Mention category will each receive a WolfQuest t-shirt.

The winning photos are:
  • Wolves Category: 2 wolves, by Anthony
  • Canids Category: Red fox close up, by Anthony
  • Wildlife Category: Marmot, by Solveig

Honorable Mentions:
  • Swamp wolf, by Jaffa
  • Snow coyote, by Jaffa
  • Amur tiger, by Jazzmatazz
  • Silver spotted skipper, by SaritaWolf
  • Three wolves, by Angel
  • Moro and cub, by Kazuhiro
  • Three dogs on a rock, by Solveig
  • Red fox, by Hayley
  • Grass snake, by Verycrazygirl
  • Lorikeet, by Angela
  • Lorikeet, by Angela

You can see all of these photos in the new Photo Contest gallery. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who submitted a photo!

Who is the WolfQuest Team newbie?
Many of you have noticed a new "face" on the WolfQuest forums. Michelle (WQ Project Coordinator) has taken a new job teaching science at a local high school, so "WQ Coordinator," otherwise known as Cana, has taken over her position. Cana has been a Naturalist at various nature centers and zoos across Minnesota, and is excited to be part of the WolfQuest community. We wish the best for Michelle, and are delighted to have Cana as a new member of the WolfQuest Team.
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