The National Wildlife Federation’s Natural Climate Solutions Platform recommends nature-based strategies to benefit people, wildlife, jobs, and infrastructure. The National Wildlife Federation recently released Natural Climate Solutions: A Federal Policy … Read more
April, 2020
QUIZ: Marks on Bark
Here’s some animal Tree-via for you this Arbor Day. Can you guess what made these marks on bark? Looking for more ways to celebrate? Leaf through these 9 fun facts … Read more
50 Ways to Love Wildlife (Wherever You Are) This Earth Day
Today, the country celebrates 50 years of Earth Day from home. If you, like many others, are a sheltered-in-place environmentalist looking for ways to appreciate the magnitude of this monumental … Read more
Baltimore Wildlife Week At-Home
Although the public events originally planned for Baltimore Wildlife Week – May 1st through 8th — to kick off Garden for Wildlife Month have been canceled to keep our staff … Read more
How Are You Appreciating Wildlife During Quarantine?
We asked and you answered! As folks are continuing to practice safe social distancing, we wanted to know how you are interacting with and enjoying wildlife from your home. Here … Read more
Wildlife is Counting on You to be Counted
2020 is a crucial year for wildlife. Not only because it is a presidential election year, but also because all across the country, Americans are being asked to participate in … Read more
Ten Years After the BP Oil Spill, Restoration Offers Hope for the Gulf
This blog post is co-authored with colleagues from National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, and Ocean Conservancy. On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil … Read more
EcoCareers Conference 2020 Provides Insight and Inspiration During Uncertain Times
As global temperatures rise, habitats are lost to development, more species become threatened—and now, as our global community confronts a mass pandemic—the need for more leaders in environmental science and … Read more
6 Easy Ways to Watch Your Waste at Home
Shocking news was shared about the health of the world’s wildlife populations in a 2019 report released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)1 — 1 … Read more
How You Can Help Our Disappearing Bumble Bees
As the weather warms and the days become brighter, flowering plants across the nation begin to bloom—releasing vibrant colors and tantalizing scents. Early-blooming plants, from maple trees and spring ephemeral … Read more