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Experiments in Backyard Nature Photography

,  |  Feb 7, 2011

If you enjoy wildlife photography, please jump in and comment to share your tips and thoughts about these pictures or backyard birding photography in general. I love photographing wildlife, and … Read more

Pipeline Threatens First Nations in British Columbia

,  |  Jan 26, 2011

Helping our neighbors in the ‘Great White North’ keep tar sands pipelines from destroying another wilderness. Tribal First Nations across British Columbia are being asked to give up their land, … Read more

Help Halt Drilling on Crucial Moose Habitat

,  |  Jan 21, 2011

If you’ve never had the chance to venture out west to Yellowstone National Park, let me describe a scene for you: mountains covered by lodgepole pines, a place where rivers … Read more

Looking for An Excuse to Party? Here is a Squirrely One

,  |  Jan 18, 2011

Celebrate National Squirrel Appreciation Day on January 21, 2011 by giving these furry friends something to munch on as they scrounge for winter food sources. Read more

Wildlife CSI: The Feds Investigating the “Aflockalypse” Blackbird Deaths.

 |  Jan 8, 2011

In the face of all the recent bird and fish kills in the U.S. and abroad, we thought it might be interesting to learn more about the federal office that … Read more

Entire Habitats Wiped Out by Oil, Dispersant and Fires

 |  Dec 29, 2010

Hyperbole? If you’re visualizing an entire ocean, marshland, bay or miles-long beachfront destroyed, perhaps. But if you consider pelagic sargassum, that yellowish-brown seaweed that forms up into floating mats, clumps … Read more

Urban Wildlife Inspires Greater Need for Healthy Communities

 |  Dec 23, 2010

This past weekend, I was inspired by one of the most awesome spectacles I’ve witnessed since moving to the nation’s capital: On my ride home from some Christmas shopping, I … Read more

Longhorn by Nathan E. Woodward

Home for the Holidays: The Wild Origins of Table Meat

,  |  Dec 16, 2010

Most Americans are not likely to look for wildlife on their dinner tables, but in fact the echo of the wilderness—of wildlife and of wildlife habitat—is right there in most … Read more

How does the Clean Air Act affect your life?

,  |  Dec 3, 2010

In honor of the 40th birthday of the Clean Air Act, I decided to figure out how much air I breathe.  It seemed an easy way to see how important … Read more

Marking a Milestone for a Special Place

,  |  Nov 30, 2010

ON DECEMBER 6, the United States will celebrate a conservation milestone. Fifty years ago on that date, for the first time in the nation’s history, U.S. authorities gave federal protection … Read more