Ian Shive, an Ansel Adams award-winning photographer and filmmaker, has joined the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network (SBWCN) Board of Directors. Shive’s projects include the Discovery Channel digital series “Nature in Focus.” He joins the SBWCN board after years of working with the organization on a variety of projects.
“Ian brings a very dynamic toolbox of skills and expertise to our organization,” said Ariana Katovich, SBWCN executive director. “His passion for the environment and protecting natural spaces is inspiring and aligns perfectly with our mission to save wild lives.”
Shive’s work documents some of the world’s most pristine environments, and brings to the public important conservation stories from around the globe. In March, Shive took audiences to a protected and remote Alaskan archipelago with the launch of his documentary “The Last Unknown,” now streaming on discovery+.
In 2019, he led several expeditions to some of the world’s most remote coral atolls for the giant-screen film,“Hidden Pacific,” which he directed and produced.
In May 2021, Shive featured SBWCN in an episode of “Nature in Focus,” going behind the scenes at the center during the busy spring season.
Shive is the author of several, best-selling books including the award-winning “The National Parks: An American Legacy,” and his latest best-selling book “Refuge: America’s Wildest Places,” which celebrates the National Wildlife Refuge System. His work has been critically acclaimed in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, and CNN.
Since its inception in 2010, Shive has been CEO of the company he founded Tandem Stills + Motion, Inc., a health, fitness and environmental media company. He lives in Southern California.
SBWCN is a nonprofit organization founded in 1988. SBWCN has served to rescue, rehabilitate, and return to the wild sick, injured, orphaned, and oil-impaired wildlife in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and to educate the public about living in harmony with wildlife.
SBWCN takes care of some 4,000 patients per year, including small mammals, shorebirds, songbirds, raptors and reptiles. For animal emergencies or wildlife advice, call the SBWCN Helpline, 805-681-1080.