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Public Responds, Bison Aren’t A “Creeping Cancer”

5/17/2013 // Garrit Voggesser

  Just a few weeks ago, it looked like the effort to return wild bison to tribal lands would be stopped just as it was gaining ground. It looked like the dreams that culminated in the release of more than… Read more >

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“Bike to Work” Day and “Wear Your Life Jacket to Work” Day Coincide!

5/17/2013 // Cathy Curley

Today is “Bike to Work” Day and also “Wear your Life Jacket to Work” Day, and here at the Pacific Regional Center of the National Wildlife Federation, Ranger Rick has a tough choice on how to get to work. Our… Read more >

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It’s Endangered Species Day, Fantastic, Now What?

5/17/2013 // Dani Tinker

Endangered Species day is May 17 and it’s special because we’re also celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act! This single piece of legislation has prevented countless extinctions and protected animals and wildlife habitat from the harmful impact… Read more >

NWF volunteers spent the day planting native grasses to help rebuild dunes devastated by Hurricane Sandy

Cushman & Wakefield Help NWF Restore NYC Dunes

5/7/2013 // Christopher Parker

Things that take years to build can be taken down overnight; such is the case with barrier sand dunes in Gateway National Recreation Area sitting between New York City and the ocean.  On October 29, 2012 Superstorm Sandy flattened miles… Read more >

Van Jones gets the crowd excited about creating a green collar economy.

Students Lead for Smarter, more Sustainable Campuses

5/6/2013 // Sara Gassman

The University of Maryland hosted the eighth annual Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference in Bethesda, Maryland in April 2013. Top students, faculty, sustainability administrators and other organizations related to sustainability in higher education (NWF Campus Ecology, for example!) attended the… Read more >

Top 3 Reasons to GiveBIG on May 15

5/2/2013 // Robyn Carmichael

National Wildlife Federation’s Pacific Regional Center is gearing up for GiveBIG 2013 on May 15th–the Seattle Foundation’s one-day, online charitable giving event! Return to our page on May 15th to donate to National Wildlife Federation through GiveBIG! Here are three… Read more >

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Q & A With Singer-Songwriter Kate Taylor

5/2/2013 // Danielle Brigida

Kate Taylor, who has been making music since her teenage years, will perform an acoustic set at NWF’s Conservation Achievement Awards ceremony, being held in Washington D.C. later this week. Taylor has always held an affinity with nature, and National… Read more >

Celebrate CCN 2013 by watching the CCN video program! Click the image to watch on YouTube.

Announcing Campus Conservation Nationals Video Contest Winners!

5/1/2013 // Sara Gassman

If you happened to spend time on a college campus between February 4 and April 26, 2013, you may have noticed that dorm buildings were darker than usual, and that students may have smelled a little bit more funky. In… Read more >

Upcoming Austin Event: Tour the New Demonstration Wildlife Habitat

5/1/2013 // Kelly Wagner

Join the National Wildlife Federation in celebrating the new Rocks to Roots demonstration wildlife habitat and outdoor classroom in Austin! Making Space for Wildlife in Schoolyards Gardening for Wildlife begins this month encouraging and celebrating those who make a difference… Read more >

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Calling on Rhode Island to Take the Lead on Offshore Wind

5/1/2013 // Amber Hewett

Of the more than fifty offshore wind energy projects spinning in the world’s oceans, not one of them is in American waters.  Rhode Island’s leaders are working to change this and move America forward in pursuing this new clean energy frontier… Read more >