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Photo of the Day: Curious River Otter
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch See more of Jaymi Heimbuch’s photos on Flickr >> Speak Up for River Otters The fate of river otter habitat in a Mississippi River outlet depends on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State… Read more >
Photo of the Day: April 1, 2012
River Otter This Photo of the Day was donated by a participant in the annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. See more photos or sign up for the 42nd Annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. Next >> Read more >
World Wetlands Day: How About A Little Respect for the Waters We Depend On?
“Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone? They pave paradise and put up a parking lot.” Joni Mitchell first sang this lament in 1970 – at the dawn of the environmental… Read more >
New Mercury Limits Protect Wildlife and People Alike!
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new air pollution standards that will result in the first-ever national limits on the amount of mercuryspewing from the nation’s coal-fired power plants. Twenty plus years in the making, the new pollution limits… Read more >
Keeping common species common- preventing wildlife from becoming endangered
What do California’s Western Burrowing Owl, Montana’s Trumpeter Swan, and Florida’s River Otter have in common? They’re all being conserved thanks to the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program! It may be Endangered Species Day- a day to celebrate… Read more >
Wildlife Adoption
I was feeling down after my last post about the extinction of the Caribbean monk seal, only to get a notification a few minutes later about NWF’s new wildlife adoption program. Here’s how it works. It’s a symbolic adoption, meaning that… Read more >
