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Silence Spreads As BP Signs Up Boat Captains & Fishermen
Remember the Venice, La.-based fishing boat captain who explained to me how fish are mistaking blobs of oil for habitat? Or the one who brought a bottle of oil back … Read more
Smashed Pelican Eggs & New Oil Disaster Flow Estimate
Can you believe BP once would have us believe the Gulf oil gusher was only spewing 40,000 gallons a day? Today, the Obama administration said its latest estimates show the … Read more
NWF Trip Finds Louisiana Marsh “Eerily Quiet”
A Louisiana fishing boat captain led National Wildlife Federation Naturalist David Mizejewski & several reporters to an oil-stained marsh yesterday. A Reuters reporter reveals what they found: In marshy areas, … Read more
NWF’s David Mizejewski: Why We Must Try To Save Oiled Birds
Even if oiled birds like the brown pelican are cleaned, significant numbers won’t survive their return to the wild. Should we try to rehabilitate them anyway?
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Helping Wildlife With Grace
As the bleak news continues to flow from the oil spill disaster in the Gulf, there is one thing that is keeping spirits a little bit lighter: the amazing outpouring … Read more
Tar Sands Report – Why Dirty Fuels Don’t Make Sense for America
By Larry J. Schweiger Download NWF_TarSands_final_pages Today National Wildlife Federation is releasing a new report Staying Hooked on a Dirty Fuel: Why Canadian Tar Sands are a Bad Bet for … Read more
Video: Dolphin in Oily Waters Off Grand Isle East State Park
Former National Wildlife Federation staffer Denise Ryan captured this video of a dolphin swimming near the pier at Louisiana’s Grand Isle East State Park. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVzVtbVR7Ks&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Here are some of her … Read more
This Isn’t What Jimmy Buffett Had in Mind
A song lyric by Jimmy Buffett takes on an eerie new meaning in the wake of the BP oil disaster.
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BP Oil Slick to Reach as Far as North Carolina?
Via CNBC, check out this model from the National Center for Atmospheric Research: Help ensure NWF has the funding needed to be on the front lines helping wildlife >> For … Read more
