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Photo by @bethjwald // These spunky guanacos have something to celebrate! Their home in the Chacabuco Valley, in the Aysén region of Patagonian Chile, just became Patagonia National Park, one of two new National Parks in southern Chile created this week, along with the addition of ten million acres to Chile’s National Park system. This incredible conservation success for wild lands and wild creatures is the result of 25 years of effort and work by Kris and Doug Tompkins and their dedicated team at Tompkins Conservation, as well as the vision and support of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. The historic decree, made on January 29, 2018, is the largest act of wildlands philanthropy and park creation ever made. In total, five new parks will be created, including Tompkins Conservation’s flagship parks, Pumalin Park and Patagonia Park. Guanacos are wild camelids native to South America and have been hunted extensively across Patagonia until recently - they have made an impressive comeback in the Chacabuco Valley starting in 2004 when Conservación Patagonica, part of the Tompkins Conservation family, purchased the the large ranch in the Valley, removed fences and livestock and began restoring the grassland, wetland and forest habitat. Wildlife is now returning in abundance to Chacabuco, which will thrill and delight visitors to the new National Park. Doug Tompkins, one of the world’s most visionary conservationists, started his work in Chile in 1991, and together with his wife and partner Kris McDivitt Tompkins, they have protected 2.2 million acres of forest, steppe, mountains, wetlands and critical wildlife habitat in Chile and Argentina, helped to create numerous national parks, have worked to keep rivers in Patagonia flowing free and un-dammed, and inspired thousands to work for protection of wild lands and creatures. Doug died in 2015, but his energy and spirit will remain forever in Patagonia’s wild lands, its vast skies and soaring peaks and will continue to inspire many to work for protection of wild lands and creatures. See more photos of these parks, Patagonia wilderness and wildlife, see my feed at @bethjwald. For more information: ww

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