Northern Rockies and Pacific Regional Center Archives - Page 27 of 29

Over 1,000 Pounds of Pumpkin and 6 Pounds (approximate figure only) of Nachos

Garden Habitats, Get Outside, Wildlife Facts | Sep 13, 2011

The Alaska State Fair is tiny compared to the Iowa State Fair that I grew up attending. Happily, it is plenty big enough to eat yourself sick on funnel cakes, nachos … Read more

Habitat Restoration: The Key to Saving Our Salmon

Conservation, Get Outside, Wildlife Facts | Aug 11, 2011

Entering Mount Rainier National Park I am automatically drawn to the White River; its braided, meandering channels flowing down from Emmons Glacier, sweeping through old growth forest, and Mount Rainier … Read more

Watching Moose in the Evening

Get Outside, Wildlife Facts | Aug 10, 2011

Last night a mother moose and calf came wandering by . . . . I felt like I was connected to the whole world. Read more

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Imperiled Wilderness: Eight Things You Probably Don’t Know about Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Conservation | Jul 11, 2011

The 40,000-square-mile Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska stretches across pristine tundra and wetlands crisscrossed with rivers that flow into the bay. Up to 40 million sockeye salmon return to … Read more

Celebrating the Great American Backyard Campout in the Pacific Northwest

Get Outside, Students and Nature | Jun 30, 2011

Sometimes here in the cloudy Pacific Northwest we feel like summer will never come. But threats of rain did not intimidate approximately 700 Washington families & children last weekend who participated at the … Read more

Eco-Schools USA Eco-Code Excellence Challenge

Conservation, Students and Nature | Jun 13, 2011

Step seven of the Eco-Schools USA program asks schools to create their own Eco-Code. This code is a mission statement for the school that demonstrates, in a clear and imaginative … Read more

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Three Things to Learn from Bison Conservation

Conservation | May 23, 2011

The bison, or American buffalo, roamed the plains and woodlands of North America tens of thousands of years ago. It was a contemporary of saber-toothed cats, woolly mammoths and woolly rhinos … Read more

An Endangered Ecosystem

Conservation, Get Outside, Wildlife Facts | May 23, 2011

Picture yourself taking a beautiful spring hike. As you walk, you notice a clearing and decide to sit down under a small opening of trees, looking out over wildflowers, grasses, … Read more

Filter Floodwaters with Flora

Conservation | May 5, 2011

Spring in the Pacific Northwest can only mean one thing: rain. As rain falls on our roofs and streets, it is piped into stormwater drains which eventually empty out into … Read more

Shell Oil: More Drilling, Less Regulation!

Conservation | May 5, 2011

Shell Oil has proposed to drill ten exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean in 2012-13, a major expansion of an earlier proposal to drill three wells in 2011. Citing Shell’s “world-class capabilities” … Read more

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