The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) has been a critical boost to restoring the Great Lakes. It has already led to significant results – restoring wetland habitats and removing contaminated … Read more
Wildlife Facts
Bobcats, Armadillos, Coatimundis and Kathie Lee
What do a bobcat, a nine-banded armadillo, a veiled chameleon, a wallaby and a white-nosed coatimundi have in common? Three of them happen to be wildlife that could show up … Read more
Finally, a Squirrel Gets Its Own Baseball Card. Plus: Top 7 Rodents in Baseball History
The new 2012 Topps Series 1 baseball card set features a single highlight from the St. Louis Cardinals’ incredible run to the World Series. It’s the only thing about the … Read more
Mid-Week Refresh: Kristen Bell’s Sloth Meltdown
Ranger Rick magazine just published an adorable — and informative — article about the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica. It was published at a time when sloths are enjoying quite … Read more
Here Be Dragons, Hopefully: Sydney Joins Effort to Save Komodo Dragons in 2012
We’ve gone a full week without Komodo dragon news on Wildlife Promise (see Megan Blevins’s timely ‘Year of the Dragon’ post here). That’s as intolerable as eating less than 80% … Read more
GUEST POST: The Snowshoe Hare is Pennsylvania’s Polar Bear
Ed Zygmunt was named the National Wildlife Federation’s 2007 Affiliate Volunteer of the Year for his advocacy on climate change and other critical environmental issues affecting America’s sportsmen and women. … Read more
Here Comes the Sun: Solar Energy Zones Are Key to America’s Renewable Future
“Solar power is an important new source of renewable domestic energy. Done right, we can produce energy, generate jobs and conserve hunting and fishing on our public lands.” Kate Zimmerman, … Read more
Protect Missouri’s Forests, Fish and Wildlife
Have you ever heard the unique whistle of a northern bobwhite quail? Seen the brilliant blue, green and red plumage of a painted bunting? Or observed the American woodcock performing its unique aerial mating dance? Read more
