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The perfect Christmas gift for wildlife – Federal Duck Stamps

December 16, 2010 By Alan Rowsome

View of the Black Bayou

Credit: Alan Rowsome

Shopping mall parking lots are full, store lines are long and FedEx delivery men are working overtime. Americans are by and large incredibly generous and thoughtful people and the Christmas season provides an outlet for that expression. Still, I can’t help but think that most of the fruitcakes, holiday sweaters and video games being wrapped up and put under trees over the next few days will only provide temporary happiness for their new owners after this holiday season has come and gone. Region:  Northeast Read more

Charleston Listening Session for America’s Great Outdoors

June 25, 2010 By Emily Diamond-Falk

On Monday, June 28, the Obama administration will hold a listening session as part of its America’s Great Outdoors initiative in the Longleaf pine region of South Carolina. This summer, the Obama administration is organizing a series of “listening sessions” on America’s Great Outdoors to hear our best ideas for developing a new conservation strategy for protecting and connecting us to nature. Read more

Annapolis Listening Session for America’s Great Outdoors

June 24, 2010 By Emily Diamond-Falk

Chesapeake Bay

If you live in or care about the Chesapeake Bay now is your time to participate in one of the Obama administration’s listening sessions on America’s Great Outdoors. Read more

Ecologist Wendy Loya helps agencies plan for future change

June 23, 2009 By Anne Gore

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Photo by David Spencer, Courtesy FWS.

Alaska is ground zero for global warming. Temperatures here are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, and the kinds of things scientists have been warning about for years — hotter and drier summers, more wild fires, insect outbreaks, and unusual weather patterns — are already posing some unprecedented threats for the state’s natural resources. Read more

American Rivers at Risk: Alaskan land swap sets dangerous precedent

April 13, 2009 By Anne Gore

Camping along Beaver Creek, Alaska. Courtesy BLM.

It’s “break-up” here in Alaska, that time of year when the ice and snow that has covered our lakes, rivers, and trails all winter breaks up and begins to melt away. I complain about muddy trails, but I am willing to endure wet feet in order to watch — and listen to — my favorite streams and rivers coming to life. I am reminded of a quote by Henry David Thoreau: “Who hears the rippling of rivers will not utterly despair of anything.” Read more

Migratory birds take long flight to Alaska

March 25, 2009 By Ben Beach

Tundra swans in flight. Courtesy USGS.

It’s a long airplane flight from Baltimore to northern Alaska. But what if you were a tundra swan? This time of year, these birds head off from their wintering grounds in the Chesapeake Bay, flying about 4,000 miles to their breeding grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other spots across Alaska’s Arctic coastline. Typically, they fly through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, stopping at national wildlife refuges and other suitable spots. Read more