Fifty environmental activities kids can do at home

Monday, March 16, 2020
By | Megan Severson
State Director

As people in my hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, and across the United States brace for weeks of school closures and social distancing, I am searching for ways to make the most of this challenging period. While our own health, essential needs, and family care arrangements are top of mind, we are also staring down the inevitability of long stretches of boredom. I’d love to help my step-kids fill this time by learning about the planet and how to protect it. So I asked my colleagues at Environment America to help me come up with a list of ideas.

An annual journey to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: the story of America's largest Caribou herd

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
By | Steve Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign

Every year, in late spring and early summer, the Porcupine caribou arrive on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Numbering between 120,000 and 200,000 animals, the Porcupine herd – so named for their birthing grounds along the Porcupine River – is the largest in North America. 

Bruce Speight honored with memorial award

Friday, December 20, 2019
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In the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, polar bears and oil drilling do not mix

Wednesday, December 18, 2019
By | Steve Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign

As the Arctic ice recedes, more and more polar bears are being forced to carve out a new life on the land, where they face a new set of dangers — including the potential disruption of their habitat to produce even more of the fossil fuels. 

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