Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last year I had a chance to wander into the Wind River region of Wyoming with journalists, academics, and NRDC experts interested in getting to the bottom of the climate catastrophe that is unfolding in the region's whitebark pine...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Sometimes the little critters we overlook are also some of the most amazing... This week NRDC renews a long-standing fight over a somewhat blah-looking little fish called the tidewater goby. Despite its drab appearance, the quirky swimmer exemplifies why the...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I am still recovering from yesterday, which felt a bit like the inevitable scene at the end of every Godfather movie when everyone gets gunned down at once. The big news came down with the announcement of the Department of...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
NRDC submitted a petition to add the whitebark pine to the federal Endangered Species list today. I know, I know…an endangered tree... Boring. Or a horror story. Not so in either case. As to the idea that a tree...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The Green Group transition document has a number of concrete and thoughtful suggestions for US Fish & Wildlife Services (FWS) in the new administration. Frankly, I’d be happy with a simple change of tone… We’ve been focused on the...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
We expected the Bush administration's 11th hour Endangered Species Act rule changes to hit the federal register this morning. They did not. But we did get some classic stuff from the White House when Press Secretary Dana Perino had this odd exchange...continued→
Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Well, you have to give them credit for persistence... The Bush administration has had a string of defeats on wildlife issues lately. But they keep trying. And trying. And trying. They lose on polar bears in Alaska, so they go...continued→
