Middle Fork of the Williams River in Cranberry Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. Photo by Duane Bowker.

This past Tuesday’s election delivered a message that is reverberating throughout the halls of Congress: Voters went to the polls and sent the message that partisanship and legislative gridlock are no way to manage the nation’s business. By delivering a divided Congress for the first time in 10 years, voters are not endorsing one party or the other — they are instead crying out for cooperation, compromise and a little common sense. Read more

Biomass project in Lambert Creek, Oregon. Courtesy BLM.

Some folks argue that burning trees as an energy source — either for heat or electricity — is a “carbon neutral” resource — one that takes away as much carbon as it releases. It seems logical — new trees grow in the place of those that were cut down, and the new ones can absorb whatever carbon was released when the original tree was cut and later burned. However, as with many things, the devil is in the details. Read more

Common loon in New Hampshire's Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Mary Konchar, courtesy USFWS.

When Leanne Klyza Linck looks out the windows of her home office in the foothills of the Green Mountains in Vermont, she knows why she works in conservation. “I get motivation from my day-to-day existence, just by living in Vermont,” says Klyza Linck, the director of the Northeast program at The Wilderness Society. “I go for a morning walk and the stream is rushing, great blue herons land in the beaver pond, and if I’m lucky, I’ll see a mink, fox, or signs of a moose. Region:  Northeast Read more