While visiting Anchorage I had the pleasure to join in solidarity with Alaska natives to voice my opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine – a proposal is to build one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines entrenched at the headwaters of Bristol Bay’s unparalleled wild salmon fishery. Read more
Conservation
Journal article validates science that shows Asian carp on the verge of invading the Great Lakes
The cynical debate over whether Asian carp have breached an electric barrier designed to keep the menacing fish from invading Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes can now be … Read more
Gulf Coast Birds–And Ours–Doing Alright (for now)
On a recent chilly morning in southwestern Louisiana’s White Lake Wetland Conservation Area, Kim Trahan, a rice farmer who leases land in the state-owned area, surveyed the scene around him … Read more
Mass Die Off of Birds and Fish in Arkansas
Something strange is going on in Arkansas. On New Years Eve close to 5,000 dead birds dropped out of the skies over a square mile in a town called Beebe. … Read more
Tired of Arguing With Climate Change Skeptics? Describe the Company You Keep!
If you have ever become exhausted trying to convince a self-professed climate change “skeptic” that global warming is real, then you know how little the true science seems to matter … Read more
Reflections: Inspiration and Oil
As a stereotypical type A, I’ve been reflecting on 2010. Why wait till New Year’s? I am thankful for NWF supporters who have played an important role in helping NWF … Read more
Big Oil Money Working to Rewrite History of Gulf Oil Disaster
The same groups who denied the link between cancer and smoking and deny the link between carbon pollution and global warming are now being enlisted to deny the impacts of the Gulf oil disaster. Read more
