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NWF Book Club: A River Lost

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Dec 7, 2012

This Month’s Book: A River Lost “Your Power is Turning Our Darkness to Dawn…” We hope you’ve had time to check out “A River Lost: The Life and Death of … Read more

Thank You, Clean Water Act, for Our Fishable Waters!

Conservation, Get Outside, Wildlife Facts | Oct 19, 2012

Forty years ago, Ohio’s Cuyahoga River was in flames and Lake Erie was a biological wasteland. Many of the nation’s rivers were little more than open sewers. On October 18, … Read more

The Clean Water Act: Up Close and Personal

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Oct 18, 2012

There’s an adage about the sport of fishing that suggests a person can pursue this national pastime for an entire lifetime and never come to the realization that catching fish has … Read more

Fishing the Nottoway: A Clean Water Blessing

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Oct 18, 2012

This is a guest post by Jeff Turner, Blackwater/Nottoway Riverkeeper My Dad and I were fishing the Nottoway River in Virginia a few years ago, a river I grew up on … Read more

Hunters and Anglers Favor Restoring Clean Water Act Protections for Wetlands and Streams

Conservation, Get Outside | Oct 2, 2012

This is a guest post by G. Richard Mode from the North Carolina Wildlife Federation. Just last week a national poll of hunters and anglers reaffirmed what we all know: regardless … Read more

Celebrating the Clean Water Act as We Restore the Anacostia River

Conservation, Get Outside | Sep 26, 2012

This is a guest post by Kellie Bolinder. Restoring the Anacostia River here means more than just clean water to the Earth Conservation Corps. The heavily polluted Anacostia River flows through … Read more

Montana Sushi Girl: My Fish Tale

Conservation, Students and Nature, Wildlife Facts | Sep 5, 2012

The first time I took my daughter camping we went to Rock Creek, a blue ribbon trout stream just 30 minutes east of Missoula, Montana. My father took me there … Read more

Rafting in Colorado After the Fire

Get Outside | Jul 25, 2012

Rafting on a popular Colorado river gives an NWF staff person a first-person view of the fire’s impacts. Read more

Salmon Study: What Does it Take to Survive a Warming River?

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Apr 4, 2011

Sockeye salmon are one of many species of wildlife who will need to adapt to warming water temperatures caused by climate change… or die. A new study published this week … Read more

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