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Fish Grow on Trees

Wildlife Facts | Nov 16, 2016

My “ah-ha!” moment happened at a presentation I attended a few years ago. A slide on the screen showed two rows of fish: on the left, smaller fish from a … Read more

Protecting Wildlife From Toxic Discharges

Conservation | Oct 1, 2015

Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency issued a final amended rule to protect waters from coal power plants’ discharges. These plants contribute about thirty percent of all toxic pollutants discharged to surface waters. NWF applauds the EPA’s … Read more

Saving the Delaware River Basin

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Aug 8, 2014

Can you see yourself relaxing in the Chesapeake Bay or a river on a hot summer’s day: the way the water gently nudges your feet and toes while you’re lounging … Read more

Bugs Are Beautiful (Really!)

Conservation, Wildlife Facts | Mar 20, 2014

By Beverly Payton Chances are that if you were asked to name some animals that make up the wonderful diversity of wildlife in and around our streams and rivers, you … Read more

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

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