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! I think it’s a pileated woodpecker you can hear in the background near the start of the video.

YouTube Video Description
“This video is about a beloved Girl Scout Camp in Northeastern Ohio, which along with seven others, is now up for sale due to the misguided vision of our corporate staff and board. Please help us (the actual Girl Scout membership) in our legal battle against our board.. (oh the irony.) :{ To learn more about how you can help save our Girl Scout camps of Northeastern Ohio, please visit http://www.trefoilintegrity.org/”

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“It Belongs to You and Me”

I think camps for kids are very important to help kids enjoy nature. Camps ensure future generations of conservationists who will stand up to protect our environment.

Our best-selling children’s books and movies teach children gentle lessons of nature, and we know that getting children out in nature is one of the best ways for them to fall in love with it.

Please visit http://www.trefoilintegrity.org/ to learn how you can help save these seven camps.

And finally, my good friend Dan Poole answers the myth that “Kids aren’t interested in scout camp anymore” in the short video below. He even tells the story of one child leaving the electronics at home!

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Myth: Kids aren’t interested in scout camp anymore

Are Camps Important for Kids?
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Photo of Rocky Mountain National Park courtesy National Park Service Digital Image Archives.

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 and environment. I’ve always wrongly assumed that some people living so near these beautiful places may take them for granted.

There were two key findings from the survey:

* 74 percent of those surveyed in 2009 said land protection and conservation can go hand-in-hand with a strong economy-by 2012 that percent had risen to 78 percent.

* 24 percent of those surveyed in 2009 voiced the opinion that conservation of public lands sometimes is in conflict with strong economies-by 2012 that percentage had dropped to 19 percent.

View the “Conservation in the West Poll“.

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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 animals than we will ever know.

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Yellow Dog Plains in fall. Photo courtesy savethewildup's photostream on Flickr.

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 if she abides by all terms of the 30-day delay, the prosecution will dismiss the charge.

In the article, Loonsfoot said she plans to run for a seat on the tribal council. She said she thinks the council could be doing more to try to stop the mine, located on treaty lands.

“And they’re not,” Loonsfoot said.

Learn more in the article,” Tribal mine protester gets delay of sentence“, in The Mining Journal.

It will be interesting to see what plays out. I’d love to see the mine stopped. What about you?

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Photo courtesy The Library of Congress' Photostream on Flickr.

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 7,500-acre sanctuary on the northern tip of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. And now the herd itself may shrink along with its habitat, according to the article, “Outer Banks’ wild horses losing battle with development for space“.

“The American wild horse is disappearing from our country,” said Karen McCalpin, executive director of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, a nonprofit group that manages the herd. “To me, they’re as much a symbol of freedom as the bald eagle.”

“The county says there are 3,195 developable lots up there,” said Mike Hoff, manager of the Currituck refuge. “At that point, what habitat is left?”

Learn more.

Help Save Wild Horses
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
The American Wild Horse.com

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Wild Horse Emergency Sheryl Crow Viggo Mortensen

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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 to wildlife conservation projects. The legislation does not affect the cost of a regular first-class stamp; an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office found that the bill would pose no cost to taxpayers.

“This legislation will make it easy for any American to make a real impact in protecting tigers, elephants, rhinos and many other threatened and endangered species by simply visiting their nearest post office,” said Ginette Hemley , WWF’s senior vice president for Conservation Strategy and Science.

Learn more.

What do you think? Do you plan to buy these stamps?

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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 Florida bird rescue group looking for volunteers to help oiled wildlife. Call 941-388-3010.
• OilSpillVolunteers.com needs volunteers to assist with the cleanup.

Note: Until called, please avoid affected areas.

Good Advice
From the article comments, Claireee suggests (edited to fit post): “DO NOT GO DOWN THERE unless you are trained. Do not take a paid position. People in the region need the jobs.

Just because you might not be able to get there in person doesn’t mean you can’t help. Volunteer at your local wildlife shelter to take up the slack of trained individuals leaving for the gulf, or who want to go but can’t find anyone to cover their shift.

Sponsor a Volunteer
Donate a gift certificate or gas card. If you have a coworker who needs to get off of work to volunteer, cover their shifts.”

Learn more ways to help victims of the Gulf oil spill.

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Blue jay photo by Carl R. Sams II

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 books and movies to teach kids gentle lessons of nature.

Learn more about the survey.

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Great egret photo by Carl R. Sams II

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 birds arrive, veterinarians immediately give them hydration fluids and nutrients because the birds usually have been too consumed with trying to deal with the oil to search for food.

It breaks my heart to see these innocent victims suffer so needlessly. 

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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 for their tireless efforts to make it happen,” said Mary Joan Pugh, the zoo’s chief of staff.

The North Carolina Zoo is one large zoo! I visited the 125 acre Detroit Zoo this past February and was very impressed. The rhinos were frisky, running and chasing each other, and tossing snow in the air with their horns. I had never seen rhinos so energetic!

I agree with the North Carolin Zoo’s conservation ethic posted on their website, as it follows our goals to teach children gentle lessons of nature: “From our very inception, conservation has been central to the mission of the North Carolina Zoo…Internationally, we work to protect animal habitats and help people understand the value of wild animals and wild places.”

Learn more about the North Carolina Zoo expansion.

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