Prescribed fire is more than a management tool—it’s a tradition, a science, and an essential part of restoring and maintaining healthy forests. At our latest Learn & Burn event, we … Read more
June, 2025
Climate Resilience: How Nature Teaches Us to Prepare for and Recover from Climate Change
Natural disasters and extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and impossible to ignore due to climate change—costing lives, damaging homes and infrastructure, and harming wildlife habitats every year. It … Read more
Exploring Edible Plants Native to the Southeast U.S.
Almost everything grown for food and agriculture today is the product of thousands of years of breeding. Farmers of the past domesticated crop plants by selecting desirable traits to pass … Read more
Reclaiming Heirs’ Property: One Landowner’s Story
In 1865, Dr. Thomas Lining, a former slave owner in South Carolina, signed over his land to Lizzie Cunningham Dottree Hamilton. However, this wasn’t an act of generosity, but rather … Read more
Many Hands Make Light Work: Local Community Volunteers Show Up to Support Monarchs
It is no surprise that the monarch butterfly has been under threat. In recent decades the iconic species has experienced an average decline of 84% of the eastern population and … Read more
3 Ways the Budget Bill Threatens America’s Wildlife
Somewhere within the more than 19 million acres of pristine wilderness that make up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a caribou calf is following her mother across the tundra. She’s … Read more
Eco-Green Celebrates Twenty Schools Working Their Way Towards Green Flag Status Through STEAM and Sustainability Education
The National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-Green program is celebrating a decade of supporting schools as they implement robust STEAM and sustainability projects at their school campuses. Each school receives an action … Read more
Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill Erodes Oil and Gas Laws that Safeguard Wildlife and Benefit Taxpayers
Elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer, burrowing owls, and more than 3,000 species of wildlife depend on lands that are managed by the Bureau of Land Management. These lands provide vital … Read more
Community Spotlight: A Pocket Prairie for Channelview, TX
In April of 2025, culminating two years of community engagement work and NWF’s Resilient Schools and Communities (RiSC) program at Channelview High School, NWF and our local partners created a … Read more
One Big Beautiful Bill is One Big Horrible Mess
President Trump’s so-called “one big beautiful bill”—also known as the budget reconciliation bill, or the GOP-led megabill—passed out of the House on a slim margin late last month and now … Read more
