Birds are facing an unprecedented crisis; three billion fewer birds grace the skies of North America than in 1970. But there’s reason for hope if we act swiftly. We call … Read more
Conservation
Little Larry Swims: A Small Salmon on a Big Journey
The story begins with a fishy romance gone wrong… Hello from Redfish Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness in central Idaho—home to untamed nature and funny fish stories! Ever heard of … Read more
Enbridge and Canada’s Attack on Water Rights to Keep Line 5 Open
Canada is standing with Enbridge to dismantle core State and Tribal rights to protect land and water in an attack that impacts all states and all Indigenous Nations across the … Read more
La Conservación de la Mariposa Monarca También es un Problema Cultural
Los conservacionistas de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá están trabajando sin descanso para salvar a la población migratoria de las mariposas monarca. Las monarcas son una especie que forma parte … Read more
It’s almost Earth Day. Time to think cleaner transportation.
Across town or around the world, moving goods and people is an energy intensive business. In the U.S. the transportation sector is the single biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions … Read more
RiSC Students Help Create Living Shorelines in Coney Island Creek Park
Over the past decade, the need to protect our nation’s coastlines has become one of the most critical and immediate challenges we face. Due to increasingly frequent and intense coastal … Read more
Harnessing Natural Infrastructure to Protect the Built Environment
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF or Federation) and Allied World share ten years of partnership to raise awareness about the role nature-based solutions can play in hazard risk reduction. In … Read more
Texas’ Coast is at High Flood Risk, But Solutions at Hand
The roughly 6.5 million Texans that live near the Gulf Coast face some of the highest flood risks in the nation. Many Texas coastal cities are, in fact, ranked at … Read more
Recovery and Resilience on Louisiana’s Coast
On August 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida struck southeast Louisiana as a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds. It ties Hurricane Laura (2020) and The Last Island Hurricane (1856) as … Read more
Houston Youth Digging in to Protect their Communities from Flooding
What does the health of my watershed have to do with resilience to climate change? The National Wildlife Federation’s Student Climate Resilience Ambassadors (SCRA) are Houston high school students who … Read more
