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Tell Your Senators to Save Our National Parks from Global Warming

October 7, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biogems, climatelegislation, conservation, energyandclimate2009, glacier, glaciernationalpark, globalwarming, grandtetons, joshuatree, kenburns, nationalparks, rockymountainwest, roosevelt, saguaro, wildlands, wildlife, wyoming

I still remember my first visit to a national park. I was nine years old, and my family traveled to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. For a child from Northern New Jersey, it was a revelation. I was stunned by...continued→

My Summer Reading: Public Lands and the Next Generation of Roosevelts

August 28, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
adirondacks, greatoutdoorsamerica, landandwaterconservationfund, nationalparks, publiclands, roosevelt, wildernessconservation, wildlands, wildlife

Like many Americans in summertime, I escaped the city this August and sought refuge in the natural world. For me, it was the shady woods and cool mountain lakes of the Adirondacks, but thanks to our nation's long history of...continued→