Posted May 21, 2013 by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday a group of leading wolf researchers and prominent conservation biologists sent a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewel, urging her to reconsider plans to remove Endangered Species Act protections from wolves across the remainder of the...continued→
Posted May 17, 2013 by Brad Sewell in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, U.S. Law and Policy
Today marks an important day for sharks off our Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Responding to a petition filed by NRDC in February, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) today...continued→
Posted May 17, 2013 by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Happy Endangered Species Day! To cap off our week-long series on farmers and fishermen who support endangered species protections for salmon and other fish in the Bay Delta, we present this video of Jacky Douglas, captain of the Wacky Jacky, a...continued→
Posted May 16, 2013 by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As we prepare to celebrate Endangered Species Day this Friday, the website Voices for America’s Wildlife is highlighting stories from around the country about why farmers, fishermen, hunters, businessmen, faith leaders, Tribal leaders, and many others support protections for wildlife...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by Taryn Kiekow in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Alaskanist Stories has just released “sea swallow’d,” a gem of a film by flyfisher Ryan Peterson that presents the Stop Pebble campaign in an elegantly simple but incredibly powerful light. sea-swallow'd from ryan peterson on Vimeo. Its spare cinematography confronts...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by Amy Mall in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
It’s rumored that the BLM is about to release the next draft of its proposal for fracking guidelines for public lands. We’ve been blogging about all the significant failures with the first draft, and why a strong rule is so...continued→
Posted May 14, 2013 by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Just two decades ago, most of the Arctic Ocean was covered in ice all year long. But climate change has caused the Arctic to heat up twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and the region is rapidly...continued→
Posted May 13, 2013 by Kate Poole in Living Sustainably, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, U.S. Law and Policy
Friday is Endangered Species Day – a day to celebrate the incredible diversity of our planet and the bounty it provides. It also happens to fall during that time of year when we’re itching to get outside and revel in the...continued→
Posted May 13, 2013 by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
With Endangered Species Day coming up this Friday, a new website called Voices for America’s Wildlife is being launched that highlights stories of people from all walks of life who support protections for America’s endangered species. Many of the stories...continued→
Posted May 9, 2013 by Taryn Kiekow in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Endangered fin whales may once again face Iceland’s harpoons. According to media reports, Iceland will resume fin whale hunting next month after a two year hiatus – and is set to kill up to 184 endangered fin whales. Fin whales...continued→
