By Larry J. Schweiger Senator Murkowski of Alaska has a unique opportunity to lead America’s response to slow climate change and respond to the damage already occurring in her state … Read more
Alaska
Arctic Geese Now Skipping Migration
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey has found that 30% of Pacific Brant are now wintering over in Alaska. Julia Whitty at Mother Jones reports: Usually Brant stream … Read more
Dirty Politics for Dirty Fuels
(as published in National Wildlife Federation’s National Wildlife, Aug/Sept. 2009) Many of you wrote letters and placed phone calls to your members of Congress in support of the American Clean … Read more
Time for a Salmon Plan That Works
The salmon and steelhead that return to the Columbia and Snake Rivers are like no other fish in the world. They migrate nearly 1,000 miles, connecting coastal and river communities … Read more
Reflection from Prince William Sound
Just weeks before the nation’s largest, most destructive oil spill, I flew over Prince William Sound and marveled at its raw untrammeled beauty in mid-winter. It has been twenty years … Read more