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Girl Power + 650 Plants + Great Partners = More Wildlife Habitat

, ,  |  Jun 27, 2012

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?

 |  Jun 14, 2012

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

 |  Jun 1, 2012

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!

 |  May 22, 2012

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

 |  Apr 19, 2012

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

NWF goes to the Maine Sportsmen’s Show

, ,  |  Apr 6, 2012

We spent last weekend talking with hunters and anglers (and hikers and boaters) at the annual Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine (SAM) show in the Augusta civic center. It was a … Read more

Bison released at Fort Peck, MT

Amazing Photos and Video of the Return of Wild Bison to Tribal Lands

,  |  Mar 26, 2012

More than a century after they disappeared, wild bison once again roam Montana’s Northern Great Plains. On March 19, 2012, more than 60 bison were loaded onto trucks near Yellowstone … Read more

Warm Winter Weather Weirds Out Massachusetts Wildlife (and me)!

, , ,  |  Mar 20, 2012

Is anyone else creeped out by this weird weather? Today, I walked around Boston in a t-shirt, just the latest oddity in a series of strange weather days this year. … Read more

Wild Bison Homecoming for Indian Tribes

,  |  Mar 19, 2012

By the turn of the 19th-century, less than one hundred of the original 30 million bison remained in North America. This iconic American species, it seemed, was doomed to extinction … Read more

George Gay, from National Wildlife Federation's Northeast Climate Change Program

From Father to Son, a Love of Conservation

 |  Mar 9, 2012

A love of conservation is passed down through the generations in this story of fathers and sons. Read more