Miles Grant

Miles Grant is director of communications for National Wildlife Federation, coordinating communications across NWF’s programs to protect wildlife and wild places, connect Americans with nature, and confront climate change. He lives in Fairhaven, MA with his wife and daughter.

How Is BP Oil Disaster Changing People, Places & Nature in Gulf?

You can also see pictures I took on Flickr & learn more about the Gulf Telethon at CNN.com. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afCLmSV6n4M&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Help ensure NWF has the funding needed to be on the … Read more

NWF Finds Marine Life Struggling In Oil Slick Off Florida

The front page of Pensacola’s newspaper today proudly proclaims the beaches of Perdido Key have been declared safe because there’s no oil slick within 100 yards of shore. But 20 … Read more

Behind the Scenes of Oiled Bird Rehab (Video)

Since the BP oil disaster began nearly two months ago, National Wildlife Federation staffers have spent hundreds of hours on the water off Louisiana, watching for impacted wildlife & helping … Read more

Breaking: Dead Sperm Whale Found In Gulf

Scientists have found a dead sperm whale 77 miles south of the Deepwater Horizon disaster site: It is the first dead whale spotted since BP’s rig exploded on April 20. … Read more

David Mizejewski: “We Are Part Of The Ecosystem” (Video)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppp3nESjaSs&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Help ensure NWF has the funding needed to be on the front lines helping wildlife >>   For all the latest news on how the oil spill is impacting … Read more

Silence Spreads As BP Signs Up Boat Captains & Fishermen

Remember the Venice, La.-based fishing boat captain who explained to me how fish are mistaking blobs of oil for habitat? Or the one who brought a bottle of oil back … Read more

Smashed Pelican Eggs & New Oil Disaster Flow Estimate

Can you believe BP once would have us believe the Gulf oil gusher was only spewing 40,000 gallons a day? Today, the Obama administration said its latest estimates show the … Read more

NWF Trip Finds Louisiana Marsh “Eerily Quiet”

A Louisiana fishing boat captain led National Wildlife Federation Naturalist David Mizejewski & several reporters to an oil-stained marsh yesterday. A Reuters reporter reveals what they found: In marshy areas, … Read more

NWF’s Climate Capsule on the BP Oil Disaster, Unscripted

David Mizejewski, National Wildlife Federation naturalist, is in Louisiana today & I’ll be joining him tomorrow. Before I left, it was time to record the Climate Capsule video. But given … Read more

NWF’s David Mizejewski: Why We Must Try To Save Oiled Birds

Even if oiled birds like the brown pelican are cleaned, significant numbers won’t survive their return to the wild. Should we try to rehabilitate them anyway?
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