UPDATE 9/16: More reaction to the new data from NWF’s Dr. Doug Inkley. For the first time, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has just released a catalog of … Read more
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Nature Q&A: How Do Birds Stay Cool in The Summer?
With these cool secrets up your sleeve, you’ll be sure to spark a sense of wonder in your child. Part 2 of 3. Read more
Turtle Toll Tops a Thousand as Oil Disaster Impacts Multiply
Since the Gulf oil gusher was capped, wildlife impacts have actually gotten significantly worse. That seems counter-intuitive. But it’s exactly what wildlife officials are finding along the Gulf Coast: [W]ildlife … Read more
NWF Scientist Returns to the Gulf
Dr. Doug Inkley, the National Wildlife Federation’s senior scientist, has returned to the Gulf Coast. It’s his third trip since the BP oil disaster began more than three months ago. … Read more
If Birds Could Talk
Jaime Matyas is NWF’s Executive’s Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. She is in Louisiana this week with NWF’s on the ground team touring areas devastated by the oil spill. … 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
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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“Some of the Worst Wildlife Pictures I’ve Ever Seen”
That’s what Dr. Doug Inkley warned me on the phone just a few minutes ago, calling me at 11:30pm on a Thursday night, asking me to log on to my … Read more
NWF Scientist Visits Nesting Grounds Hit Hard By BP Oil Spill
Doug described seeing a brown pelican with its wings dirtied by heavy brown oil. The bird was preening in an attempt to clean itself off.
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NWF President Visits Louisiana Bird Rescue Center
Larry Schweiger, president & CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, visited the bird rescue center in Fort Jackson today: Help ensure NWF has the funding needed to be on the … Read more
