Over 100 people gathered on Long Island this week for an update on “Offshore Wind in 2012” at a conference National Wildlife Federation cosponsored with several local groups including Renewable … Read more
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Bison Get More Room to Roam on Fort Peck
This March, the National Wildlife Federation, our tribal partners and other wildlife advocates achieved a tremendous conservation victory when 61 wild Yellowstone bison that had spent years in quarantine right … Read more
Fallout from Wildfire, Erosion Expected to Plague Colorado River and Fish for Years
It’s summertime in the Rockies, but all is not right in the northern Colorado fishing haven of Poudre Canyon. At first glance, it looks normal. Dozens of life-jacketed people in … Read more
Diving for a Diploma
Do you have a difficult daily commute? Imagine using four modes of transportation (bus, subway, ferry, plus a 10-minute walk) just to attend high school! The students at the New … Read more
Colorado Wildfires Hit Close to Home for NWF Staff, Families
It’s one thing to work for an organization committed to protecting wildlife, public lands and tackling the environmental challenge of our lives – climate change. It’s startling to watch threats … Read more
Girl Power + 650 Plants + Great Partners = More Wildlife Habitat
Dozens of Girl Scout troop leaders, Verizon and Liberty Mutual employee volunteers, Certified Wildlife Habitat Owners, NWF staff, and what felt like a zillion girl scouts made my last weekend a … Read more
what do cherry pie and carbon pollution have in common?
Last night in Boston experts from the Environmental Protection Agency, Harvard, the Union of Concerned Scientists, CERES, and Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light to talk about carbon pollution. The conclusion? … Read more
Wind and Wildlife Supporters Come to Boston
Supporters of Cape Wind and offshore wind as a solution to dirty energy and climate change had a great hearing wednesday in Boston about the Cape Wind project and the … Read more
Speak UP for Offshore Wind in Massachusetts!
Growing up in Massachusetts and throughout my adult life, I have spent countless days on the coast of the South Shore in every season. Whether on the beach or out … Read more
Oil Shale: A Half-baked Idea Whose Time Still Hasn’t Come
Supporters of mining the vast tracts of public lands in Wyoming, Utah and western Colorado for oil shale like to say how the region is “the Saudi Arabia’’ of the … Read more