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Plan Underway to Connect Michigan Kids With ‘M.O.R.E.’ Nature
Michigan is the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes, and its 57,000 square miles boast nearly 100 parks and recreation areas, from the beaches of McClain State Park on the shore of Lake Superior in the… Read more >
NWF Appeals Court Approval of Controversial Mine
National Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups are appealing a Michigan court ruling that allowed a controversial metallic sulfide mine to be drilled below one of the Midwest’s finest trout streams. Opponents claim the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality should… Read more >
Mercury Impacts to Loons & Michigan Lakes Draws Thousands of Conservationists & Anglers
Scientist Dave Evers has been studying loons in Michigan’s Seney National Wildlife Refuge impacted by mercury pollution since the late 1980s. He found mercury contamination in the very first loons he tested and since then has studied over 5,000 of… Read more >
Bravely Standing Up For Her Children and Community – How an Oil Spill Transformed One Woman’s Life
As parents, we want to make sure our children feel safe and inspired. We want them to embrace life and jump at opportunity. When terrible things happen in the world, it is challenging to know what to say. In 2010,… Read more >
Pipelines Part of the American Reality
Environmentalists are relieved to hear that the Obama administration has delayed the decision regarding the Keystone XL pipeline. But most Americans probably do not know that pipelines already criss-cross our neighborhoods and countryside. For Susan Connolly of Michigan, pipelines were… Read more >
Sportsmen Stand Up for the Clean Air Act
Hundreds of groups that represent fishermen, hunters, and outdoor enthusiasts presented a letter to Congress last week calling for protection of the Clean Air Act. Sportsmen and women released the letter at various locations across the country maintaing that clean air and clean… Read more >
Tar Sands Energy Security a Mirage, NWF Tells House Panel
Reuters said a heavily lopsided panel in favor of approving controversial tar sands pipeline told members it’s okay to skirt environment and safety reviews called for by conservationists. Only NWF’s Jeremy Symons testimony offered some balance. WATCH OUR HEARING REMIX VIDEO. Questions remain… Read more >
Parents “Push” for Clean Air in Stroller Brigades
In honor of Mother’s Day, parents gathered around the country in stroller brigades, callling on their elected officials to protect the Clean Air Act for their children’s health and future. Parents pushed their children in strollers in Missoula, Montana from… Read more >
Video: Too much clean air?
Why would Congress seek to weaken the Clean Air Act? Do Members of Congress really believe we have too much clean air? These were some of the questions asked by concerned citizens last night at the National Wildlife Federation’s Clean… Read more >
Michigan Greenforce Initiative Summit a Success
Yesterday at Lansing Community College- West Campus, 90 participants from across the state of Michigan participated in the first Greenforce Initiative summit. With 15 community colleges represented, state agencies, non-profit organizations, foundations and small-to- large green businesses the excitement in the room… Read more >
