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'''Amy Vedder''' (born 1951) is an [[ecology|ecologist]] and [[primatology|primatologist]], known especially for her conservation work with [[mountain gorilla]]s. She was the Class of 1969 valedictorian at Canajoharie High School, Canajoharie, NY, and a 1973 graduate of [[Swarthmore College]] in Swarthmore, PA (20 miles west of Philadelphia).

Vedder worked in Africa for the Peace Corps from 1973 to 1975. In 1978 she arrived in [[Rwanda]] with her husband, William Weber, to study gorillas at Karisoke, the research station run by [[Dian Fossey]].

After getting a doctorate at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1989, she became Biodiversity Coordinator for the [[Wildlife Conservation Society]], and then later director of the conservation of the WCS's Africa Program.

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One of Vedder's major contributions was to implement the Mountain Gorilla Project, which sought to involve local Rwandans and use [[ecotourism]] to help conserve the gorillas.

Vedder has two sons, Noah and Ethan.

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