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Flying Kites for Alaska’s Birds

May 5, 2010 By Susannah Clark

The Arctic is Alive Rally. Photo by Neil Shader.

Despite a not-so-breezy morning, members of The Alaska Wilderness League coerced dozens of passersby to fly white bird-shaped kites in front of the reflecting pool on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. last Wednesday. The first of many planned “ The Arctic is Alive” rallies, the display was meant to send a message to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before a public hearing about the management plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge held later that day. Read more

Alaska’s Izembek Wildlife Refuge: Why a road should not run through it

April 26, 2010 By Laura Bailey

Izembek Lagoon and Amak island, Alaska. Photo by Chris Dau, Courtesy USFWS.

If you live on the West Coast and happen to spot a Pacific Black Brant headed north or south, you could bet your wallet that it’s either headed to or been to Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Read more

Roadless areas are for the birds

March 18, 2010 By Leanne Klyza Linck

Pine Grosbeaks. Photo by Neil Hannan, Courtesy NPS.

A few years ago, The Wilderness Society and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit to stop logging in an inventoried roadless area in the White Mountain National Forest. The legal action caused quite a stir in New Hampshire conservation circles. A number of organizations even filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Forest Service plan to log in the Wild River roadless area. I was a bit surprised that “conservation” groups would go out of their way to support logging. Read more

Report: Climate Change Threatening a Third of North American Bird Species

March 12, 2010 By David Moulton

Tufted puffin. Photo by Jeff Mondragon.

Secretary Salazar Issues Timely Reminder of Climate Threat The issue of forest protection, species survival and climate all come together in a just-issued report from the US Department of Interior. “State of the Birds” is a timely reminder of the looming threat of Climate Change to Hundreds of Species. 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