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Sportsmen Speak Out: Air Pollution Threatens Hunting and Fishing Traditions
Findings from a new NWF report are hitting sportsmen and women close to home. The report highlights a number of wildlife species important to hunters and anglers that are threatened by toxic air pollution and climate change. The… Read more >
Why Doesn’t the United States Have an Energy Policy To Create Jobs and Protect the Environment?
By Larry J. Schweiger I hope you will join me at National Wildlife Federation’s 75th Anniversary Gala on April 13 in Washington D.C. We’ll honor Robert Redford and the many other conservation heroes who have helped protect wildlife. Here is… Read more >
International Polar Bear Day: 13 Things You May Not Know about Polar Bears
In honor of International Polar Bear Day, which falls each year on February 27th, here are a few things about the celebrated bruin that may amaze and amuse you: The polar bear rivals the Alaska brown bear as the world’s… Read more >
Polar Bear Swims Nine Days to Find Ice
Yesterday I read a story that broke my heart. The LA Times reported that researchers have tracked a female polar bear that swam for nine days – nonstop — across the Beaufort Sea, before reaching an ice floe: “In one of the… Read more >
Congress Must Remember its History and Value Clean Air
Over 17,000 NWF Action Fund supporters have spoken up to defend polar bears against big polluters in the fight to hold Big Oil and corporate polluters accountable, curb global warming pollution and keep the Clean Air Act strong. But, the… Read more >
Help the Polar Bear: Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Reclassify to Endangered
A new study published in Nature indicates that if we reduce greenhouse gas emissions, polar bears have a better chance of avoiding extinction. Take Action for Polar Bears >> Previous studies from the USGS, which examined the effect “business as… Read more >
Big Oil’s Threat to Northwest Salmon
For thousands of years, the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia and Snake rivers supported the most diverse and abundant salmon and steelhead populations on Earth. But in recent decades, these iconic fish have faced increasing challenges to their populations and habitat —… Read more >
What the frack? Even 60 Minutes and CSI are concerned about fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas is hurting people and local economies across the U.S. Read more >
Cooking the Earth: Wildlife Deserve Better
A few weeks ago, National Wildlife Federation’s Jim Lyon and Felice Stadler traveled to Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada to experience the devastation caused by the Canadian tar sands oil operation firsthand. Deep in the Boreal forest, Jim and Felice observed… Read more >
