On October 29, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) successfully held the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Maine. Of the eight areas that BOEM offered … Read more
Northeast
NWF’s Northeast Regional Center is the region’s largest conservation organization, with more than 600,000 members and supporters in eight Northeast states. The team focuses efforts to build wildlife corridors, fight tar sands pipelines, and connect kids with nature through many school-based programs.
Students on Climate: “We’re Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands”
Taking Climate Education Into Their Own Hands All across New York state and the world, K-16 climate education is extremely limited. The National Wildlife Federation’s intergenerational Climate and Resilience Education … Read more
A New Look at Oxford’s Shorelines
Have you ever heard of a living shoreline? According to NOAA Fisheries, “a living shoreline is a protected, stabilized coastal edge made of natural materials such as plants, sand, or … Read more
New York City for Offshore Wind
The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) will be a major hub for the offshore wind industry over the coming decades. The terminal will be transformed into a port for staging … Read more
An Introduction from Our New Coastal Resilience Program Manager
Hello, Coastal Courant readers! My name is James Duffy, National Wildlife Federation’s new Northeast Coastal Resilience Program Manager. I’m excited to be writing my inaugural post for the Courant. Having … Read more
Putting Nature to Work for Coastal Communities
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that coastal watersheds across the lower 48 states “lose 80,000 acres of coastal wetlands each year to development, drainage, erosion, subsidence and … Read more
An Interview with Cheryl Lewis, Town Manager of Oxford, Maryland
Cheryl Lewis is the town manager of Oxford, a town of about 650 residents on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. With over 300 years of history, Oxford is one of Maryland’s oldest … Read more
Protecting North Atlantic Right Whales and Advancing Clean Energy
The National Wildlife Federation is proud to share an exciting new agreement to protect North Atlantic right whales while advancing clean, renewable, offshore wind energy. The agreement, signed by the … Read more
Amazing Species of the Atlantic Ocean
About 150 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts is an area of little-disturbed ocean habitat that contains marine canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon and underwater mountains rising higher than … Read more
NYC Students Learn How to Build a Climate Resilient Future
This year—2020—will rank among the hottest in recorded history. Floods, droughts, violent hurricanes and apocalyptic wildfires are ravaging communities and disproportionately threatening already vulnerable human and wildlife populations. Coastal areas … Read more
