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What National Wildlife Week Means To Me
The endangered gray wolf was the poster child of the 1974 National Wildlife Week, whose theme was “We Care About Endangered Wildlife.” It’s also the reason that I came to work for the National Wildlife Federation in 1986. In 1974,… Read more >
New Report: 1 in 5 House GOP Votes Target Conservation Protections
From Theodore Roosevelt creating the National Parks System to Richard Nixon establishing the Environmental Protection Agency to George H.W. Bush signing a strengthened Clean Air Act, Republicans have a long history of supporting common sense, bipartisan solutions to problems facing… Read more >
For Dog Appreciation Month: The Origin of Domestic Dogs
April is Dog Appreciation Month, a good time for asking where in the wild these four-footed companions originally came from. For many years, scientists interested in canine evolution speculated that some dog breeds descended from wolves and some from jackals… Read more >
President’s Day: How Animals Lead
President’s Day weekend was set aside to honor the memory of our first president, George Washington, celebrating his skillful leadership at the dawn of our history as a nation. Leadership and hierarchies seem to come naturally to humans, helping to… Read more >
Changing Times for the Gray Wolf
Political, social and cultural progress on conservation issues are often slow in arriving, but when seen from atop the arc of time, the progress conservationists have made on some issues is just amazing. Below are comments that reflect how attitudes… Read more >
