There’s a reason New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment: it is filled with abundant wildlife, vast mountain ranges, alpine forests, sweeping desert landscapes, and stunning sunsets. This … Read more
Conservation
What’s Good for Biologists Is Good for Wildlife
Hanging out of airplanes with net launchers. Climbing trees to peer into bird nests. Crawling into bear dens. Wildlife biologists get to do some pretty cool things. But their envy-invoking … Read more
A Note to Our Canadian Neighbors: Dirty Mining Doesn’t Pan Out
Last summer confirmed what climate scientists have been telling us for decades: Extreme climate events are the new normal. Witness Yellowstone, Kentucky, or St. Louis where catastrophic, once-in-a-1000-year flooding events … Read more
Inside COP27— Key Takeaways
Over the last two weeks, world leaders, negotiators, and thousands of other participants converged in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for COP27, the 27th meeting of Parties to the United Nations Framework … Read more
When We Save Wildlife, We Save Ourselves
More than one-third of best-known plant and animal species across the country are at heightened risk of disappearing. Facing shrinking habitats, climate change, disease and other threats, wildlife need our … Read more
Expanding Tree Canopy and Environmental Stewardship in Broward County, FL
Broward County, Florida, is nestled in southeastern Florida, just north of Miami-Dade County with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Everglades to the west. It is Florida’s second-most … Read more
Two Decades, 1.6 Million Acres: West Fork Grazing Permit Agreement Showcases Opportunity to Support At-Risk Wildlife
This month, in tandem with the 20th anniversary of its highly successful and innovative program resolving conflicts between livestock and at-risk wildlife, the National Wildlife Federation announced the addition of … Read more
Brazil’s Newly Elected President Prioritizes Protecting the Amazon
“We will resume monitoring and surveillance of the Amazon, and combat any and all illegal activity – whether it is mining, logging or improper agricultural occupation” – Luiz Inacio Lula … Read more
Day of the Dead and Monarch Conservation
For hundreds of years, as Day of the Dead celebrations begin, the blue skies of the State of Michoacán and the State of México are painted with bright orange, black … Read more
Meet the New Species of Endangered Whale Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
A new-to-us species of whale has been discovered off of Florida’s coast in the Gulf of Mexico — an exciting and unique find for researchers. The Rice’s whale, as it’s … Read more
