People from all walks of life have taken a stand against the Kennecott Eagle project, the planned sulfide mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Business owners and residents agree, sulfide mining will ruin the tourism that supports many Michigan citizens and families, in the video below from SaveTheWildUP.org. Among the people featured in the video are Dick Huey from [...]
Why the concerns over the Kennecott Eagle mine in Northern Michigan? Scientists explain acid sulfide mine drainage and its detrimental impact on people and water in the video below from the National Wildlife Federation. The first mine to be permitted under Michigan’s non-ferrous metallic mining law — the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel sulfide mine west [...]
The Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama is currently 2,997 acres. I’m a big advocate for land preservation and am very happy to hear that this refuge could expand to eventually more than 200,000 acres - that’s 312 square miles! A proposal (once on page, scroll down) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would allow [...]
This heartfelt video, known on the Web as the ”Deer’s Best Friend video”, shows a dog and deer playing on a lawn on April 1, 2010. The sun came out after a heavy rain and they just couldn’t resist a romp. My favorite part is when the dog and deer seem to be hugging. What’s yours? Please comment. [...]
This video below on eastern box turtles from Audubon North Carolina is full of interesting information. Did you know that the eastern box turtle is a gardener’s friend? Which direction should you point an eastern box turtle if you discover one on the road? Find out in the video below! Please comment and let us [...]
Have you heard of bear baying? It’s one of the most cruel methods of wildlife abuse I’ve ever seen. The good news is that you can help save black bears by simply filling out the online petition. I’ve been working on spreading the word to help stop horrific bear baying, also called “bear baiting”, in Pakistan through [...]
New housing poses a threat to private forests. Private Forests, Public Benefits, a new report by the USDA Forest Service, states that housing density will increase on more than 57 million acres of America’s private rural forests from 2000 to 2030. According to the report, in many areas the impacts of increased housing density are likely to be exacerbated [...]
A retired man has been banned from taking his pet owls for walks. I found this story very alluring due to the captivating photo at the top of the article showing the man, 74 year old Russell Burt of Plympton, Devon, U.K, with a cute owl on his shoulder. Burt, a grandfather, has seven pet owls and walks [...]
Michigan 1001 Daily Photo, a Michigan blog, is featuring Carl and Jean in the article “Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick“. We are very excited to discover this blog. This outstanding site is full of terrific information about fun places to visit in Michigan. I’m already putting my list of “must see” places together! [...]
I heard on the news about a black bear cub that had a jar stuck on it’s head for ten days before being rescued. The six-month-old cub was sifting through garbage in Weirsdale, in the Ocala National Forest near central Florida, when it got a large one gallon plastic jug stuck on it’s head. The cub was in danger of [...]
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