conservation
Several representatives of hunting, logging and snowmobiling groups gathered in Augusta, Maine’s capitol city to debate a proposed national park which would occupy the area east of Baxter State Park, famous for Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak.
Roxanne Quimby, a Maine landowner and founder of Burt’s Bees skin care products,… Read the rest
Colleen Flanigan uses multimedia performance art to educate people of the issues facing our environment. She hopes through artistic expression and community involvement she can spark positive action. She says, “Without creativity, we cannot solve any of the problems of the world.” The video above showcases her project at Oregon… Read the rest
OR-7 is a two-year-old male wolf, protected by the Endangered Species Act. This September he abandoned his Imnaha pack in Wallowa County and traveled more than 500 miles across mountains, forests and deserts to arrive in the southern Cascade Mountains. Thanks to the transmitter collar assigned to the wolf in… Read the rest
Ian Shive is not your typical outdoor photographer. There is a stronger motive behind his work—conservation. Through his camera lens he explores the world’s most endangered ecosystems. He collaborates with biologists, scientists and land managers to document the environmental issues facing our favorite landscapes.
In September I shared a post… Read the rest
When Don and Pat Coker of Paige, Texas decided not to evacuate their home last month despite massive local wildfires, the couple didn’t know their personal risks would help feed dozens of little flying creatures in need.
The Cokers are frequent hummingbird watchers, always keeping a feeder filled with sugar-water… Read the rest
The 98 year old Condit dam, near White Salmon, Washington is set for demolition tomorrow at noon. Pacificorp, who have operated the dam since 1947, decided to remove the Condit at a cost of $32 million rather than comply with fish passage rules under a new federal dam license. At… Read the rest
For the first time on the West Coast an influenza like virus, infectious salmon anemia (ISA) was detected in 2 of 48 juvenile sockeye salmon collected by researchers from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. It has caused crippling losses at farms in Chile and Scotland.
The virus primarily affects… Read the rest
In April of 2010 President Obama launched the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative (AGO) to cultivate a modern approach to environmental conservation that is outlined and accomplished in collaboration with the citizens of the United States. More than 100,000 comments from 51 listening sessions across the nation were used to shape… Read the rest
The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled Monday that the importation of polar bear trophies shall remain illegal. This is a huge victory for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the conservation group behind much of the lobbying for this legislation.
Jeff Flocken, IFAW’s D.C. Office Director, cites the… Read the rest
Raptoberfest might sound like a fall hip hop festival, but it’s not. It’s even better since it’s part of the Surfrider Foundation’s Rise Against Plastics… Read the rest (RAP) program. The focus of RAP is reducing the hordes of plastic waste, much of which ends up in our oceans, littering our beaches and
