In our high-tech world, children run the risk of being unplugged from nature and the environment. Bill Kurtis narrates this video about programs supported by the Rocky Mountain Nature Association’s Next Generation Fund that connect children and nature in our National Parks.
The children’s picture book One Child, One Planet is here! It’s beautiful. It’s educational. “One Child, One Planet is a lovely and compelling book for kids. It balances critical environmental information with the gentle reassurance that children need as they become aware of the world around them,” says Lana Pollack, former Michigan state senator. Order [...]
If you are taking your kids to a national park, I encourage you to get them involved with the Junior Ranger program. Many National Parks offer visitors the opportunity to join the National Park Service Family as Junior Rangers. Interested students complete a series of activities during their park visit, share their answers with a [...]
National Wildlife Refuge Week is October 12-18, 2009. The purpose is to celebrate the 550 units that make up our National Wildlife Refuge System. The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and [...]
I recently spoke with one of our customers from Conner Prairie Museum. Located just north of Indianapolis, Indiana, the site consists of 800-acres of land, including a 200-acre prairie grassland restoration project. The grassland will provide ideal habitat for wildlife. In 1934 philanthropist Eli Lilly purchased and restored the William Conner homestead for public visitation [...]
According to the article “U.S. Court Rules Yellowstone Grizzlies Are ‘Threatened’ “ in The New York Times, a federal court on Monday reversed a 2007 decision by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the population of grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park from its list of “threatened” species, a designation that had [...]
A nice woman from the Yellowstone Association called me this morning. They currently carry our products and she expressed interest in our new books. I visited their website and was impressed. The Yellowstone Association, in partnership with the National Park Service, fosters the public’s understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of Yellowstone National Park and its surrounding [...]
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to photograph birds, and paint them too, this fun-filled event from Traverse magazine’s website is for you! SEE-North Science and Environment Education Center is holding its inaugural Bird’s Eye View conference September 25–27, 2009 in northern Michigan for those wanting to hone their skills painting and photographing birds. Workshops include composition, techniques, [...]
This is a nice story from the The News-Gazette.com. A sludge-covered female eagle got herself out from the bank of a retention pond in Illinois, but was not able to fly away. Fortunately Naturalist Gary Wilford got the call about the injured eagle on the Danville Sanitary District grounds. “It was pretty exciting,” said Wilford, who [...]
Biologist Matthew Godfrey says one or two takings of loggerhead sea turtles can happen every day among fishing fleets off the Southeast coast. Those numbers can add up to thousands annually for a turtle species that has traveled the oceans for 200 million years but now faces a growing array of threats. Godfrey is among [...]
