Did you know it takes an average of 29 milkweed plants to assure one adult monarch butterfly reaches adulthood? Monarch populations have fallen by 90 percent from habitat loss, pesticides, … Read more
Dana Jensen McNamara’s Archive
EPA Administrator Sets New Policy, Declares Treating Biomass as “Carbon Neutral”
Administrator Scott Pruitt recently broke from the science community to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency would turn a blind-eye to carbon pollution from biomass. This decision upended a scientific … Read more
True Wildlife Champions: 2018’s National Conservation Award Recipients
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION 82nd ANNUAL MEETING: NATIONAL CONSERVATION AWARD WINNERS Honorees Tennessee Wildlife Federation Affiliate of the Year Michelle Blair, Mississippi Wildlife Federation Affiliate Volunteer of the Year Dakin Hewlett, … Read more
Speaking Out for Chesapeake Bay & Delaware River Watershed Wildlife!
On March 21, more than one hundred supporters of the National Wildlife Federation hosted Choose Clean Water Coalition and the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed fought through a snowstorm … Read more
Chocolate Chip Cookies Fresh Out of the Solar Oven
Many students celebrated Earth Day this year outside in the sun, learning about wildlife habitats, local species, or, in the case of one classroom in New Jersey, about clean energy … Read more
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Baby Animal Names?
As spring quickly approaches, nature is starting to wake up from its winter slumber. Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping and lots of babies are being born! Take our quiz … Read more
A Place For Pollinators: Bees and Butterflies call National Monuments Home
News coverage about protecting butterflies, domesticated honeybees and our native bees often focuses on agricultural lands and the use of pesticides. But tens of thousands of acres of wild public … Read more
Twenty-three leading companies support protecting habitat in Brazil
Update: On January 25, 2018, the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 announced the number of companies supporting protection of the Brazilian Cerrado had nearly tripled, to a total of 61 signatories. The … Read more
