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
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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
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
Endangered Species: Who’s Protected, Who’s Not?
[playbuzz-game game=”http://www.playbuzz.com/danit/endangered-species-iq-test”] Learn more about the 40-year history of the Endangered Species Act, and read about the recovery of the bald eagle, an American success story. What’s Endangered Near You? … Read more
Lemurs: Big-eyed Wonders Threatened with Extinction
Tomorrow, the movie Island of Lemurs: Madagascar will open in IMAX 3D theaters. This is probably your best opportunity to see lemurs up-close, because the only place on Earth they live is Madagascar. Without … Read more
Red Wolves: an Endangered Species in Peril
Near the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the heart of the five county Albemarle Peninsula, there is a federal wildlife refuge called Alligator River. With more than 152,000 square … Read more
