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Senator Murkowski’s Opportunity to Lead

 |  Jan 19, 2010

By Larry J. Schweiger Senator Murkowski of Alaska has a unique opportunity to lead America’s response to slow climate change and respond to the damage already occurring in her state … Read more

Two New Threats to Polar Bears & How You Can Help

 |  Nov 19, 2009

We’re learning some alarming new data about just how fast polar bear habitat is melting away in the Arctic Circle. Read more

Arctic Geese Now Skipping Migration

 |  Sep 18, 2009

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey has found that 30% of Pacific Brant are now wintering over in Alaska. Julia Whitty at Mother Jones reports: Usually Brant stream … Read more

Obstructing Action from Global Warming’s Ground Zero

 |  Sep 18, 2009

Alaska has been called the poster state for global warming. Winter temperatures have already risen 6 degrees. Sea ice that protects coastal villages from winter storms forms a week later … Read more

One of These Things is Not Like the Other

 |  Aug 14, 2009

If I gave you a panther, a polar bear and a bar-tailed godwit, and gave you 30 seconds to figure out which animal is not like the other, you could … Read more

Bird Travels 8,000 Miles — One Way!

 |  Aug 12, 2009

Some birds give new definition to the term “migration.” RedOrbit.com reports: “A bar-tailed godwit, a bird banded near Victoria, Australia, was found more than 8,000 miles away in the western … Read more

Dirty Politics for Dirty Fuels

 |  Aug 8, 2009

(as published in National Wildlife Federation’s National Wildlife, Aug/Sept. 2009) Many of you wrote letters and placed phone calls to your members of Congress in support of the American Clean … Read more

Time for a Salmon Plan That Works

 |  Aug 3, 2009

The salmon and steelhead that return to the Columbia and Snake Rivers are like no other fish in the world.  They migrate nearly 1,000 miles, connecting coastal and river communities … Read more

Reflection from Prince William Sound

 |  Jul 16, 2009

Just weeks before the nation’s largest, most destructive oil spill, I flew over Prince William Sound and marveled at its raw untrammeled beauty in mid-winter. It has been twenty years … Read more

NWF Alaska Office (and Dog) Survives Quake

 |  Jun 25, 2009

A moderate earthquake shook Alaska on Monday. Fortunately, the 5.4 magnitude quake was centered away from densely-populated areas. The Associated Press described the scene at NWF’s Alaska Regional Center: Still, … Read more