By rolling back critical environmental safeguards that prevent methane pollution, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is once again selling out to the oil and gas industry. Methane is one … Read more
Lauren Anderson
Lauren Anderson serves as the National Wildlife Federation’s Research Associate on their climate, energy, and wildlife funding initiatives. She joined NWF in January 2016 after receiving a Master of Public Policy from Oregon State University where she worked on climate and renewable energy issues. Prior to this, she worked for the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research and the Great Basin Institute after receiving a B.S. in Biology from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo.
Red Wolves: A Species on the Brink of Extinction in the Wild
Once one of the few apex predators to roam the U.S. Southeast, wild red wolves are now close to extinction. A smaller, reddish-colored version of their cousin, the gray wolf, … Read more
Tick-Tock: Climate Action Needed to Stop Tick Boom
Americans have a passion for the outdoors, but ask any hunter, angler, birder, or gardener and they will tell you that the environment is changing. Unfortunately, across the United States … Read more
Deadly Disease Threatens Deer, Elk, and Moose
Wildlife face a host of threats in today’s changing world. Invasive species, habitat loss, and disease are often at the top of the list when wildlife managers talk about the … Read more
Last Day to Tell the Environmental Protection Agency to Keep the Clean Power Plan!
The Clean Power Plan was meant to be the first step along a path that would lead to substantial carbon emission reductions. The Plan would have been the first ever … Read more
Wildfire in a Rapidly Changing World
The fires burning in Southern California are dominating an already full news cycle. Apocalyptic photos of the glowing red hills surrounding Los Angeles freeways and communities seem like CGI imagery … Read more
Court Decision Reinstates BLM Methane Pollution Rule
Methane, an invisible super pollutant and energy resource, will no longer be wasted on America’s cherished public lands as a result of lawsuit brought by the National Wildlife Federation and … Read more
The Regulatory Accountability Act: A New Threat to Wildlife
As Americans travel for summer vacation, they expect safe picnic food, clean, swimmable and fishable rivers, and clear scenic vistas. Yet, the U.S. Senate could soon consider the Regulatory Accountability … Read more
A Guide: Starting Down the “Road to Rollbacks”
In March, the Trump Administration and the Department of the Interior released a back-to-back Executive Order and Secretarial Order focused on four Interior Department rules for review and possible repeal. … Read more
Recovering America’s Wildlife
Many wildlife species across America are in decline. Today, one third of bird species in North America are in need of urgent conservation action, over 40 percent of freshwater fish … Read more
