NEW YORK, New York, February 2, 2009 (ENS) – Common robins or rare raptors – whatever birds fly through backyards, schoolyards and parks – are being counted and reported February 13 through 16 in the 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count. Bird and nature lovers across North America are invited to join tens of thousands…
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, December 8, 2008 (ENS) – Conservation and agricultural groups announced a new initiative today that aims to reduce the polluting sediment and excess agricultural nutrients that flow off farm fields into the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico every year. With a $5 million contribution from the St. Louis-based Monsanto corporation,…
NEW YORK, New York, November 21, 2008 (ENS) – Conflicts between conservationists and others in their communities inevitably arise – Curt Gervich of Viginia Tech has developed ways to help conflicting parties reach agreement. As one of the first 40 TogetherGreen Fellows, Gervich will receive $10,000 to create a conflict management workshop and guidebook for…
WASHINGTON, DC, November 14, 2008 (ENS) – The end of the Bush administration can’t come soon enough for U.S. conservation groups, who believe that the election of Barack Obama has ushered in a “new era of hope” for the environment. “Eight dismal years of environmental abuse and neglect are now coming to an end,” said…
NEW YORK, New York, October 21, 2008 (ENS) – The National Audubon Society, supported by Toyota, Tuesday awarded TogetherGreen Conservation Innovation Grants totaling $1.4 million dollars to fund 41 projects in 24 states. The grants went to Audubon chapters that reached out to partner with other community groups to engage diverse communities that have not…
DALLAS, Texas, October 14, 2008 (ENS) – The Trinity River Audubon Center holds its grand opening this coming weekend with a host of free activities such as bird watching and guided trail tours, kayak basics, orienteering, and organic gardening. The newly completed center, near a prominent bend in the Trinity River, is located eight minutes…
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) – The world’s largest remaining virgin forest of bald cypress and tupelo gum trees, including 1,500 year-old trees long vanished from the rest of North America, has been designated as a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. South Carolina’s Francis Beidler Forest was officially designated on Friday at the annual meeting of the…
NEW YORK, New York, March 26, 2008 (ENS) – The National Audubon Society and Toyota today launched TogetherGreen, a nationwide Audubon program to fund conservation projects, train environmental leaders, and offer volunteer opportunities to benefit the environment. TogetherGreen is supported by a five-year $20 million grant from Toyota – the largest grant Audubon says the…
NEW YORK, New York, March 24, 2008 (ENS) Bird watchers broke reporting records during the 2008 Great Backyard Bird Count sponsored annually by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York. Participants submitted more than 85,700 checklists during the four-day event, February 15 to 8, surpassing last year’s…
WASHINGTON, DC, February 4, 2008 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is threatening to veto a $220 million Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project in the Mississippi Delta known as Yazoo Pump that environmentalists have long opposed for its adverse impact on wildlife and wetlands. The world’s largest hydraulic pumping plant would be used…
JUNEAU, Alaska, February 1, 2008 (ENS) – A coalition of Alaska natives and conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday challenging oil drilling in the Chukchi Sea, which lies above the Arctic Circle between Alaska and Russia. Thirty million acres of polar bear, walrus, and whale habitat in the Chukchi Sea are scheduled…