The US Forest Service manages 193 million acres of national forest land. Half of that land is open to logging, drilling, and mining. 19% is protected wilderness under the National […]
Few things in nature inspire wonder and awe like organisms that glow in the dark. A chemical reaction in living things can cause them to make their own light. This […]
We all deserve to breathe clean air. Yet, air pollution is the greatest environmental health risk of our time. It can impact us all because air pollution has no boundaries […]
People around the world celebrate the first Sunday in May as Dawn Chorus Day. It’s a day to set aside time to listen to nature’s sweetest symphony: birdsong. But you […]
Many wading birds adapted to thrive in wetland environments. Wetland wading birds are some of the most vulnerable bird species when wetland areas decline. The US has lost more than […]
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