Click here to read the previous Wildlife Promise blog (by David Burns) about NWF’s work at the International Climate Change Conference. What … Read more
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Working to Protect Wildlife at the International Climate Change Conference
Over the next two weeks, National Wildlife Federation staff will be blogging from the annual international climate negotiations (COP20 – or 20th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework … Read more
Flora of Wax Lake: Louisiana’s Best-Kept Secret to Coastal Restoration
Read the original post at Delta Dispatch. The Wax Lake Delta, a lush secluded enclave of natural beauty located in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River Basin, is a hunter’s paradise among many … Read more
The Most Important Animals You May Never Notice
When you peer through the surface of your local stream, you may not notice the mussels burrowed in the rocks. These aquatic workhorses are key to keeping our streams and … Read more
Win for Wildlife: Oregon Rejects Coal Exports
In a landmark decision today, the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) rejected a necessary permit for Ambre Energy’s Morrow Pacific coal export project along the Columbia River. This historic decision deals … Read more
A Tale of Three Butterflies: Endangered Species and the Everglades
Can you imagine a place where alligators and crocodiles live side-by-side? It isn’t a fairytale: it is America’s Everglades! The historic Everglades ecosystem once encompassed 11,000 square miles. Home to … Read more
Oregon State U: Commited to Conservation & Wildlife On and Off Campus
Oregon State University in Corvallis is committed to conservation and wildlife both on and off campus. OSU has proven to be a leader in campus sustainability for many years. In … Read more
Five Things to Know about the Tar Sands Threat to American Birds
Tar sands—a mixture of sand, clay and water from which a dense and extremely viscous form of petroleum, called bitumen, can be extracted—underlie more than 54,000 square miles of northeastern … Read more
Drilling Spills on Public Lands Continue to Threaten Water, Wildlife — Our Shared Public Heritage
An unknown volume of oil and water from a Utah drilling site has flown into the Green River, the chief tributary of the Colorado River. The spill—caused by a ruptured … Read more
Helping California’s Legendary Frog Go the Distance
Last fall, even before we had hints of the severity of the drought that is ravaging California, I was staring at a small pond in the central part of the … Read more