January 2011 - Page 6 of 7 - The National Wildlife Federation Blog

Vote at Pepsi Refesh Project to Help Send Students to Power Shift 2011!

Conservation, Students and Nature | Jan 6, 2011

The Energy Action Coalition has entered the “Pepsi Refresh Project,” a project giving away millions to fund great ideas with positive impacts. Read more

Winds of Change

Get Outside | Jan 6, 2011

Will 2011 be the year offshore wind comes to Maryland? With the start of a new legislative session, clean energy advocates across the state are working hard to make it … Read more

Hear The Stories

Students and Nature | Jan 6, 2011

Get the rules to your favorite outdoor games and hear the voices of Americans who played them Read more

Gulf Oil Disaster “Might Well Recur” Absent Reform, Says Commission

Conservation | Jan 6, 2011

Someone’s leaked a chapter of the final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill & Offshore Drilling. This morning, media coverage is focused mostly on … Read more

Alaska Natives Speak Out Against Pebble Mine

Conservation | Jan 5, 2011

While visiting Anchorage I had the pleasure to join in solidarity with Alaska natives to voice my opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine – a proposal is to build one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines entrenched at the headwaters of Bristol Bay’s unparalleled wild salmon fishery. Read more

Journal article validates science that shows Asian carp on the verge of invading the Great Lakes

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Jan 5, 2011

The cynical debate over whether Asian carp have breached an electric barrier designed to keep the menacing fish from invading Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes can now be … Read more

Habitat Chat with George H. Harrison

Garden Habitats, Get Outside, Students and Nature, Wildlife Facts | Jan 5, 2011

GEORGE H. HARRISON knew he was on to something. While serving as managing editor of National Wildlife in 1972, he heard about two U.S. Forest Service researchers in Massachusetts who … Read more

NWF Scientist Discusses Bird Deaths on CNN

Wildlife Facts | Jan 5, 2011

Dr. Doug Inkley says the mass bird deaths are unusual – but not unheard of. Read more

Feeling SAD? How Sunlight Affects Health

Get Outside | Jan 5, 2011

Find out why it’s important to light up your life during the winter months Read more

Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) Ecosystem Restoration Plan Moves Forward

Conservation | Jan 4, 2011

Amanda Moore, Coastal Louisiana Organizer for the National Wildlife Federation, co-authored this post. After more than a year of tug-of-war between the state of Louisiana and the Army Corps of … Read more

January, 2011