Posted by Jacob Scherr
Protecting and restoring the world's rainforests is critical to preserve biodiversity. Tropical forests are teeming with life - covering just about 6% of the earth's surface they are home to between half and three fourth of all plant and...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A recent meeting of the Montana Chapter of the Society of Conservation Biology showcased talks by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Western Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, Ed Bangs, and the Montana Wolf Project Manager, Carolyn Sime. What struck...continued→
Posted by Thom Cmar in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy
Door County, Wisconsin is famous for their fish boils. We are talking about massive kettles of Lake Michigan white fish with potatoes, onions and the perfect spices boiling in giant bonfires on the beach. Yum, it's a great tradition that...continued→
Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
You could pay an outfitter in the Northern Rockies $3,600 or $2,900 for a guided hunt to kill one wolf, or you could come to Montana and illegally poach two wolves for $1,135. And you don't need to worry...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The Interior Department announced yesterday that it is taking immediate steps to strengthen oversight of state-approved surface coal mining operations -- including mountaintop removal -- and to impose tighter restrictions on the dumping of mining waste in steams. In a statement issued by the agency, Assistant Interior...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy wisely denied the Department of Justice's efforts to reverse his September 21st decision that restored endangered species protections to the Yellowstone grizzly bear population. The Yellowstone grizzly is still at risk: global warming poses...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Health and the Environment , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
When I started my environmental career working as a grassroots coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Virginia, one of my favorite parts of the job involved occasionally accompanying CBF educators on canoe trips to teach students and teachers the...continued→
Posted by Thom Cmar in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Poison has been used to repel invading armies throughout history. And it's just about to happen again outside Chicago. In this case, the invading army doesn't come in the form of armed troops... actually, they are fish. But their threat...continued→
Posted by Barry Nelson in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Much of the press coverage of Governor Schwarzenegger’s bill signing press conferences have described the water package passed by the legislature last week as an “infrastructure” package, leading to the mis-impression that the purpose of this package is primarily to...continued→
Posted by Amy Mall in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As I discussed in a previous post, the Wilderness Act of 1964 authorizes Congress to protect our nation's wildest lands in order to preserve their natural state and all of the values associated with their wildness. Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) are lands that...continued→
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