Saving Girl Scout camps in Northeastern Ohio will keep current and future generations of children, like the awesome 4th generation Girl Scout shown in the video below, connected with nature. Seven camps are at risk of being sold. Watch the wonderful video below to learn more-if you love nature and children, it’s a must see! [...]
A new survey shows that many living in the Western United States, support the protection of our national parks and environment, according to “Survey of Western Attitudes Shows Strong Support for National Parks, Clean Environment“. I’m happy to hear that people in Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Montana are supportive of our national parks [...]
In the video below, the National Wildlife Federation took Wyland – a marine life artist and passionate ocean conservationist – on his second tour of areas devastated by the BP oil spill. I agree with Wyland about “Out of sight (…out of mind)”. Let us not forget this environmental tragedy that probably harmed many more [...]
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community member Charlotte Loonsfoot received a 30-day delay of sentence on a misdemeanor trespass charge involving a May protest of the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company at Eagle Rock near the Yellow Dog River. I learned about this from the blog, Stand for the Land. Loonsfoot pleaded no contest to the charge and [...]
Do you know that the Eastern United States has wild horses? The Outer Banks’ wild horses, some of the last wild horses in the Eastern United States, live on a stretch of barrier island. A boom in vacation homes in the past 25 years in this remote place has seen the mustangs confined to a [...]
The new Wildlife Postage Stamp bill is on it’s way! A huge thank you to the World Wildlife Fund for creating this legislation. According to the World Wildlife Fund website, the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act directs the U.S. Postal Service to offer a premium-priced stamp above the standard first-class rate and dedicates the additional revenue raised [...]
Do you want to help victims of the Gulf Coast oil spill? Here are a few ideas from the article, ”Heroes needed: How to help the victims of the Gulf Coast oil spill“, in USA Today: The National Audubon Society is recruiting volunteers to be trained to respond to the oil spill. Save Our Seabirds is [...]
A new survey has me worried about the future of our environment. Ten times more children around the world rank watching television and playing video games as more important to them than saving the environment, according to the survey. It’s now more important than ever that Carl and Jean continue to use their award-winning children’s [...]
The article, “Bird rescuers race to save oiled wildlife in Gulf oil spill“, refers to wildlife affected by the BP oil spill as “silent victims”. I could not agree more. According to the article, it can take four people working 45 minutes and using 300 gallons of water to clean a single pelican. When the [...]
The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is now our nation’s largest. The zoo expanded to more than 2,000 acres with the acquisition of 322 acres of Randolph County forestland. “The zoo is excited to protect this biologically significant land for educational and trail purposes and thanks the N.C. Natural Heritage Trust Fund, PLC and the Wards [...]
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