Background
Ames, Norma Harriet was born on August 17, 1920 in Buffalo. Daughter of Robert Martin and Flora Mary (Wiener) Knipple.
Ames, Norma Harriet was born on August 17, 1920 in Buffalo. Daughter of Robert Martin and Flora Mary (Wiener) Knipple.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1942. Postgraduate, Wellesley College, 1942. Postgraduate, University Colorado, 1964.
Assistant chief game management, New Mexico Dept Game and Fish, Santa Fe, 1956-1976; assistant chief public affairs, New Mexico Dept Game and Fish, Santa Fe, 1976-1982; leader Mexico wolf recovery team, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1979-1991; wildlife consultant, Santa Fe, 1982-1987; wildlife consultant, Colville, Washington, since 1988. New Mexico representative Western Regional Environmental Education Council, 1971-1974. Wolf breeder and researcher Rancho Ma'ii-tsoh, Santa Fe, 1971-1987.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Nature Conservancy, Society for Conservation Biology, Defenders of Wildlife, Canada Nature Federation, National Wildlife Federation, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, Inland Empire Public Lands Council, Northwest Rivers Council, AK Wildlife Alliance, The Wildlife Society (certified), American Society Mammologists, Sierra Club (lecturer), National Audubon Society (lecturer), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Donald Fairbanks Ames, July 8, 1944 (divorced 1956). 1 child, Karyn Roberta. Married Richard Allen Rasmussen, December 20, 1991.