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Volunteers Get Dirty on Earth Day to Restore Hurricane-Damaged Youth Garden
Earth Day 2013 at New York City’s Gateway National Recreation Area was a day for partnerships. Home Depot, National Park Service and NWF volunteers all converged at the Ecology Village garden this week to restore a site badly damaged by Hurricane… Read more >
Great Lakes Experience Record Floods
It’s been raining here in the Great Lakes. A lot. And cities like Grand Rapids and East Lansing, MI , Chicago, IL, and Toledo, OH are bearing the brunt. Rivers – the veins and arteries of cities in the Great… Read more >
The Tongue River Railroad’s Failed Public Process
* To my readers. Don’t worry about the pessimistic nature of this post. We will still beat the Tongue River Railroad and the Otter Creek coal mine, with or without a fair public process. Last week, during a three-day meeting… Read more >
NWF Celebrates Earth Day on Today Show
Happy Earth Day! My monthly appearance on the Today Show fell on Earth Day this year, which was a nice coincidence given that wildlife conservation and protecting the planet were already on everyone’s mind. Below is the clip of the… Read more >
Take Action: Help Prevent Great Lakes Tar Sands Spills
It is only a matter of time before Great Lakes communities are being evacuated from their homes, possibly never to return, due to the latest tar sands spill. We have known about this gut wrenching risk since Enbridge polluted the Kalamazoo… Read more >
Weekly News Roundup – April 19, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Three Years Later, Panhandle Leaders Say Gulf Restoration Could Be Economic Boon April 18-On the eve of the three-year… Read more >
National Wildlife Federation celebrates Earth Day with donation for San Francisco Porpoises
When I last reported on our new Return of the Porpoise to San Francisco Bay project, I had just finished running around San Francisco and the Bay Area impersonating a cetacean for our campaign video. I have to admit, dancing… Read more >
Seeds of National Wildlife Week Sprout for Earth Day Celebration
While celebrating National Wildlife Week in March, we told you about the many roles of trees in the lives of wildlife. Birds, insects and critters — from the diminutive shrew to the huge moose — rely on trees, just as we do… Read more >
Beavers Save Bay from Brunt of Spill – But Pay the Price
Beavers have proved over and over again how valuable they and their impressive dams are. The wetlands created by the dams increase and support biological diversity. The dams filter silt and pollution from water. Recently in northern Utah, beaver dams… Read more >
More than One Million Strong Against Keystone XL
In his Earth Day proclamation, President Obama said “nothing is more powerful than millions of voices calling for change.” Yesterday, we did just that. KXL Opponents Make Voices Heard Following the close of the 45-day public comment period on the… Read more >