December, 2010

Top 10 Unsung Heroes of 2010′s Gulf Oil Disaster

 |  Dec 20, 2010

TIME magazine recently named the Gulf oil disaster as America’s biggest news story of 2010. While the National Wildlife Federation will continue working to focus attention on the disaster and … Read more

Help the Polar Bear: Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Reclassify to Endangered

 |  Dec 20, 2010

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 … Read more

Explosions Ignite New Concerns About Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

 |  Dec 20, 2010

An awful pipeline explosion that killed at least 27 people and injured over 50 others is raising fresh concerns about safety. The explosion, which destroyed at least 30 homes Sunday morning happens on the … Read more

Girl playing in snow

Ho, Ho, Ho! The Season’s Best Family Outdoor Fun from the Web

 |  Dec 20, 2010

Ranger Rick editor Libby Schleichert offers the best outdoor nature activities for the holiday season. Read more

120,000 College Students Spent November Competing to Reduce Energy Use

,  |  Dec 17, 2010

This November, NWF co-sponsored (with the Alliance to Save Energy) the first national Lucid Design Group contest, the “Campus Conservation Nationals,” among 40 U.S. campuses to reduce (in real time) energy usage in their residence halls. Full information about the contest can be found at competetoreduce.org. Read more

New Maps Show Wildlife Strandings in Gulf

 |  Dec 17, 2010

New maps published by National Wildlife Federation show the widespread devastation to wildlife resulting from the Gulf Oil Disaster.  The maps were created using official data from the National Oceanic … Read more

Big Mining Exploits Clean Water Act Loopholes

,  |  Dec 17, 2010

The Pebble Limited Partnership is proposing to build North America’s largest open pit mine in the pristine headwaters of Bristol Bay — the source of the greatest runs of wild sockeye salmon left on earth. Read more

A New Year’s Resolution: Protecting the Nation’s Waters for Wildlife

 |  Dec 17, 2010

In this season of New Year’s resolutions, we call upon the Obama Administration to resolve  to fix the broken Clean Water Act by restoring protection to the Nation’s wetlands, lakes, … Read more

New Holidays to Celebrate Outdoors in 2011

 |  Dec 17, 2010

Got plans for Save a Spider Day? How about Plant a Flower Day? Read more

Longhorn by Nathan E. Woodward

Home for the Holidays: The Wild Origins of Table Meat

,  |  Dec 16, 2010

Most Americans are not likely to look for wildlife on their dinner tables, but in fact the echo of the wilderness—of wildlife and of wildlife habitat—is right there in most … Read more