Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Mount Rainier National Park iStock The 84 million acres’ worth of parks and monuments the National Park Service has set aside in the public trust over the past century is a source of national pride and cause for celebration. But while we look back on 100 years of […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Looking back at some of the top moments that shaped the National Park Service’s 100 years of conservation. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/turning-100-major-milestones-national-park-service
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Extreme weather is now a primary driver of forest degradation in key wintering habitat for monarch butterflies in Mexico, according to a new report. Excessive winds and storms that knocked down trees played a significant role in the degradation of 178.7 acres of forest in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Nathan Rupert Life must have been pretty cushy for condors back in the Pleistocene. As connoisseurs of rotting flesh, these ancient buzzards would have had their pick of giant sloths, giant tortoises, giant armadillos, and the “giant” versions of myriad other hulking beasts. We’re talking about a time […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Brazil’s senate approves Paris Agreement, Energy leads private investment in Chile, Malaria makes a comeback in Venezuela To get the weekly Latin America Green News blog delivered directly to your email, subscribe here. Featured: Venezuela’s Public Health Crisis As if Venezuela’s recent economic collapse, public health crisis, energy […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Photo: Ocean Conservancy / Sarah Bobbe SEWARD, ALASKA – Small only in comparison to the rocky peaks surrounding the city, the cruise ship Crystal Serenity easily dwarfed every other structure in Seward, Alaska. On August 16, she slipped her moorings and started a month-long voyage through the Northwest Passage with over 1,700 […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio today released a study of the commercial carting industry in New York that highlights major deficiencies with existing operations and is likely to lead to broad scale reform of the waste industry in the nation’s largest city. The study, released by […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund As it marks 100 years, we’re celebrating park service’s progress while preparing for a long road ahead. Yosemite National Park iStock In the summer of 1916, a raging fight for the soul of the nation had pitted rampant capitalism against responsible conservation across some of the last unspoiled […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Peter Wey/Stocksy A Proposal in Grand Canyon National Park “I once told my sweetheart that if he ever asked me to marry him, the proposal should make a really good story, like with polar bears and penguins. About a year later, we went on a rafting trip down […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Scientists are racing to preserve Madagascar’s seeds – Ninety percent of Madagascar’s 13,000 known plant species are found nowhere else on earth, but slash and burn agriculture threatens much of the island’s flora […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Specialized Training for Galapagos K9 Unit Officers En español Photo: UPMA Last week, officers of the Environmental Protection Unit of the Ecuadorian Police (UPMA) attended a course on environmental law, with a focus on Galapagos issues. The course has held at UPMA headquarters, in Quito. UPMA is the agency in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Earlier this summer, researchers at UC-Davis confirmed what a lot of us already know—that saving water saves energy. The analysis from the UC-Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency found that California’s mandatory 25 percent reduction in urban water use, which was adopted in May 2015 due to the ongoing […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Your browser doesn’t support Javascript or has it disabled. onEarth works best with Javascript enabled. Recovery of California Island foxes is fastest ever – Just 12 years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the rare canid on the Endangered Species List. Yesterday, three subspecies found on San […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Representing the fastest successful recovery for any Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed mammal in the United States, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced the final de-listing of three subspecies of island fox native to California’s Channel Islands. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-announces-fastest-successful-recovery-endangered-species-act-listed-mammal
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Three years ago, researchers from WWF-Mongolia set up camera traps to photograph snow leopards in and around Khovd Aimag’s Jargalant Khairkhan Mountain, located in western Mongolia’s Altai Mountains, to determine the elusive cat’s population size and distribution. But when they retrieved the photos and videos, they were shocked by what […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund This World Elephant Day, it’s important to celebrate the positive momentum being taken to save this iconic species. Poaching trends in Africa are down from the peak of 2011, and governments, NGOs and individuals around the globe have made significant strides in 2016 to fight the ivory trade that fuels […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Today is Alaska’s first Wild Salmon Day! Join us as we celebrate this iconic species with some unusual facts about salmon. 1. There are five species of wild salmon found in Alaska, King (Chinook) salmon, Red (sockeye) salmon, Silver (coho) salmon, chum (keta) salmon and pink salmon. 2. Wild salmon are anadromous, which […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund EPA The opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics had much of the usual pomp and pageantry we’ve come to expect and love. But what made it stand out for me even more than the fireworks and costumes was the moving message about the world’s changing climate and the […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund “Elengi mingi,” says Ngwabango in her native Lingala as she pushes a heaping plate of black caterpillars smothered in groundnut sauce in my direction. It means “very tasty.” I add some pili pili, local hot sauce, to the caterpillars and take a bite. I immediately know why this dish is […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy When the heat index is well over 100 degrees, Washington, D.C. locals will do whatever it takes to stay cool. This summer, the National Building Museum is making it easier than ever to escape the heat—by bringing an icy environment straight to our backyard. Their new exhibit, Icebergs, is a massive installation […]