The birds are not alright. North America has lost 3 billion breeding birds since 1970 — a loss of nearly 1 in 4, according to the 2022 State of the … Read more
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Hundreds of Mayors Across North America Lead in the Monarch Conservation Movement
The National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge program provides a framework for cities and communities to engage in monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation. Mayors and heads of local and tribal … Read more
Sustaining the Next Generation of Environmentalists
The NWF EcoLeaders and EcoCareers programs are integral to achieving the National Wildlife Federation’s goal of uplifting the next generation of environmentalists. By providing an online community, career center, and … Read more
Harnessing Natural Infrastructure to Protect the Built Environment
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF or Federation) and Allied World share ten years of partnership to raise awareness about the role nature-based solutions can play in hazard risk reduction. In … Read more
How to help advance climate equity? Build (and use) a better mapping tool
The COVID-19 pandemic was just one of many crises we dealt with in 2021, and continue to deal with. Hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, drought — in 2021, more than 40 … Read more
Four Ways Climate Change is Impacting Key Species in Texas—and Four Ways to Combat It
You haven’t truly seen a whooping crane until you’ve wandered onto the wetlands where they winter. The horizon is just a bit bigger there. Saltmarshes and ribbons of water unfurl … Read more
Environmental Justice Mapping Tools: Use and Potential in Policy Making to Address Climate Change
Green spaces benefit people and wildlife alike. In cities, green spaces can store water to provide flood protection and create shade to reduce the “urban heat island effect.” As climate … Read more
Campus Quiz: Plastic Pollution
In the past 30 years, the entire world has shifted to single-use plastics for eating, drinking, and packaging merchandise that go straight into the waste stream, on to landfills, and … Read more
Red Moon Rising: The Growing Threat of Megafires
As my truck crested the Hoback rim and I rolled into the upper Green River basin, I couldn’t wait to see the full moon rising over the Wind River Mountains. … Read more
This Mother’s Day, Let’s Leave a Wildlife Legacy We Can Be Proud Of
As a mother, some of my fondest memories are of spending time with my children discovering nature. Watching them screech with delight when a fish grabs onto the hook of … Read more
