Published by the Environmental News Service SANTIAGO, Chile, March 17, 2017 (ENS) – After the largest land donation in history from a private entity to a country, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Tompkins Conservation leader Kristine McDivitt Tompkins Wednesday signed a pledge to expand Chile’s national parkland by roughly 4,500,000 hectares. Read the full article […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The bald eagle was brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections provided and enforced by the Department of the Interior (DOI). Trump’s proposed budget would starve DOI of critical resources needed to fulfill responsibilities such as making ESA listing determinations, developing […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Species to benefit from CRI funding include the Miami blue butterfly, ocelots, Puritan tiger beetles, masked bobwhite and spectacled eiders. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/doi-announces-374-million-12-states-species-recovery
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund iStock “Beware the Ides of March!” That warning rang true the day after, on March 16, when President Trump released his 2018 budget proposal. The Washington Post front page was covered in red ink showing Trump’s epically egregious cuts for federal agencies from NASA to Housing, from Health […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The California Coastal National Monument at Point Arena-Stornetta was expanded thanks to acquisitions made possible by the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Under the Trump administration’s proposed budget, the LWCF, which protects lands for future generations, will have its funding virtually eliminated. Photo Credit Bob Wick/BLM One […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund President Trump famously derided climate change as a “hoax,” and his America First budget blueprint that was released yesterday would make climate denial our national policy. The new administration is not hiding their intentions. Last week, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt would not agree that carbon dioxide […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Forest elephants in the Congo Thomas Breuer via Wikimedia Commons/doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050115 The tropical rainforests of the Minkébé National Park in northern Gabon are dense, wet woods—the sort of terrain where a hiker could get lost straying just a few feet off the trail. This seemingly impenetrable thicket has protected […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The President’s Budget, revealed today, proposes a whopping 21% funding cut to USDA. Until a more detailed draft is released in May, we don’t know which programs are most at risk. But we can be sure that this level of gouging would have a negative impact on rural […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund BoycottMexicanShrimp.com There are only about 30 vaquita porpoises left in the world. The smallest and most endangered cetacean species on the planet faces extinction in three years if the people with the power to save it don’t take immediate action. Instead of shrugging their shoulders and casting blame […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The halls of Congress and the Senate came alive on Tuesday as dozens of WWF activists from across the country met with their representatives to advocate for international conservation funding. Through more than 60 face-to-face meetings on Lobby Day 2017, our activists shared with key legislators their concerns and hopes […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The halls of Congress came alive on Tuesday as dozens of WWF activists from across the country met with their representatives to advocate for international conservation funding. Through more than 60 face-to-face meetings on Lobby Day 2017, our activists shared with key legislators their concerns and hopes on topics ranging […]
Published by the Department of the Interior National wildlife refuges are a national network of public conservation lands which provide access for hunting, fishing, education, and recreation opportunities as well as vital habitat for thousands of species. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-celebrates-114-years-national-wildlife-refuge-system
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The 2016 presidential election may have paralyzed many progressive Americans for a few days, but not NRDC’s chief program officer, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz. Though she had hoped for the best in the lead-up to the polls, she had planned for the worst. “I sat on my couch, and like […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Drones seemed like the perfect anti-poaching tools. But deploying them has been far more difficult than conservationists had hoped. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/science/drones-africa-poachers-wildlife.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment By fathering hundreds, a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands reversed the threat of extinction. Another, earning the name Lonesome George, was unable to do the same. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/world/americas/galapagos-islands-tortoises.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund White rhino calf Bernard DUPONT/Flickr On February 20, several men armed with rifles attacked South Africa’s Fundimvelo Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage. They brutalized the refuge’s staff with beatings and sexual assault. They destroyed cameras and equipment. And by the end of the raid, two juvenile rhinos lay bleeding […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Charles A. Witek, III is an attorney, salt water angler and blogger. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ successful rebuilding of the summer flounder stock was one of the mid-Atlantic region’s greatest conservation success stories. By 1989, summer flounder had become severely overfished. The total spawning stock was estimated at a mere […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy It’s been quite a week! In honor of International Women’s Day, we have been sharing stories of women in conservation every day. Some of our staffers shared their experiences on our blog, and women throughout Ocean Conservancy shared photos and stories from their day-to-day work on Instagram. We also asked to hear from […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Author Kara Lankford and her mother Toni Lankford, one of the women who inspires her in her work. Courtesy Kara Lankford. In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating stand out #WomeninConservtion all week long. Here, Kara Lankford, Interim Director of our Gulf Restoration Program reflects on conservation leaders in Alabama. This […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund NRDC and partners are going to court to ensure the federal government can keep working to end illegal fishing and seafood fraud, both of which are serious threats to ocean ecosystems. Specifically, we seek to intervene in a lawsuit that the commercial seafood industry brought to block a […]