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Climate Change Makes Us Sick – Literally

 |  Jul 19, 2011

Julie Mida Hinderer, a graduate of the Aquatic Sciences master’s program at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, is a research assistant at NWF’s Great Lakes … Read more

Conservation Funding at Risk: Contact your Senator Now!

,  |  Jun 28, 2011

Today, people across the country are participating in a National Conservation Day of Action to protest the huge cuts to farm bill conservation programs that the House of Representative passed … Read more

Video – Michigan’s Hunters and Anglers Urge Congress to Protect Clean Air

, ,  |  Jun 17, 2011

As a sportswoman, I am particularly concerned about mercury. Reducing mercury and air toxics will help protect our long standing investment in our outdoor heritage. Mercury settles from the air … Read more

Sportsmen Stand Up for the Clean Air Act

 |  Jun 15, 2011

Hundreds of  groups that represent fishermen, hunters, and outdoor enthusiasts presented a letter to Congress last week calling for protection of the Clean Air Act. Sportsmen and women released the letter at … Read more

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Protect Our Children from Toxic Air

,  |  Jun 9, 2011

In less than a minute you can help make a change for the health of our nation’s children and our nation’s wildlife. Read more

Invisible but Not Make-Believe: the Real Threat of Mercury to Kids

 |  Jun 8, 2011

I’m not ashamed to admit it: when I was a child, I ate paint chips.  Something about the sweetness of the lead and the crunchiness of the chip proved irresistible … Read more

Coal, Kids and America’s Classrooms

 |  Jun 7, 2011

I bet you remember the powerful and persistent Julia Roberts in the Oscar-winning “Erin Brockovich” who is an impelling force behind the largest medical settlement lawsuit in history around the … Read more

[Video] Don’t Let Mercury Silence the Loons’ Call

,  |  Jun 3, 2011

Have you ever heard a Common Loon yodel? What about hoot, wail or tremolo? Not sure what a tremolo is? Or let’s rewind—not even sure what a Common Loon is? … Read more

Killer Coal Starring in “The Last Mountain”

 |  Jun 2, 2011

I was reading through a report last week that the Governor of West Virginia’s independent investigation panel just released their findings on what led to Massey Energy’s coal mine explosion … Read more

Working for Wildlife: Follow NWF Activities All Over the Country

 |  Jun 1, 2011

Field Highlights: You Gotta Have Standards After weeks of phone calls, email alerts and social media announcements, the EPA public hearings finally took place.  What was all the fuss about? … Read more