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Greenpeeps
Just got this from the National Wildlife Federation’s Pacific Region. I love the little green hard hats!: The Seattle office of the Pacific Region has gone beyond the call of duty and entered the Seattle Times Peeps contest! What are… Read more >
Wildlife Watch for Bald Eagles this Winter
Winter can seem like a difficult time to watch for wildlife. Trees have dropped their leaves, a good number of birds have migrated south and many mammals have gone into hibernation. However, a good naturalist knows that as the seasons… Read more >
Disastrous Drop in California Salmon
Disturbing news from the California coast: Federal fisheries managers on Friday took the initial step toward imposing what could be the strictest limits ever on West Coast salmon fishing amid a precipitous drop in fish returning to California’s Sacramento Valley…. Read more >
Protect Salmon, Feed Orcas
Hundreds of scientists say the only way to restore salmon to the Columbia and Snake rivers is to remove four costly dams. But federal agencies aren’t listening. Instead, NOAA just released a recovery plan that’s more “same ol’, same ol’,”… Read more >
Time to Start Building an Ark, Seattle?
NWF’s latest and greatest report, Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest, is getting news hits all over the place, including the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tacoma News Tribune, The Olympian and many other regional papers. The report… Read more >
Endangered Species Act Rewrite Could Change Wildlife Protections
News broke recently that the federal government is considering a major rewrite of one of America’s most important conservation laws, the Endangered Species Act, with all indications pointing to a drastically weakened interpretation. NWF’s own John Kostyack stopped by NPR… Read more >
