National Wildlife articles from February 2000

National Wildlife archives from February 2000

Restoring Wildlife to Its Rightful Place.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... When National Wildlife asked Vicki Monks to visit the Nez Perce Tribe in the Northwest last year to report on how severe declines in Pacific salmon populations are affecting Native Americans, the award-winning New Mexico journalist was elated....

NWF Organizes Citizens To Protect Urban Watershed.(National Wildlife Federation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... How can inner-city residents become more involved in improving their natural environment? That's one of the questions the National Wildlife Federation is attempting to answer with its Proctor Creek Watershed Action Project in Atlanta. The...

Property Rights' Advocates Dealt Major Blow by Court.(ruling against Florida developer in a wetlands case)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... A federal appeals court has rejected claims by a Florida developer that he was entitled to compensation from the government because environmental regulations affected the value of his property. NWF presented friend of the court arguments on...

Congress Inches Closer To Passing Conservation Funding.(conservation financing has received congressional committee approval)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... NWF's top legislative priority of guaranteed long-term funding for conservation is a step closer to reality. By a comfortable margin of 37 to 12, a congressional committee recently approved a bipartisan bill that would provide about $2.4...

NWF Marks 25,000 Habitats, Launches New Partnership.(National Wildlife Federation: Backyard Wildlife Habitat)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... NWF recently celebrated certification of its 25,000th Backyard Wildlife Habitat[ordinal indicator, feminine] site and launched a partnership with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, to educate Americans about the...

NWF Wins Round In Latest Fight To Save Wetlands.(temporary injunction win for the National Wildlife Federation in a South Dakota wetlands case)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... In an important decision for wetlands and waterfowl, a federal district judge in South Dakota has temporarily halted a government agency from weakening wetlands protection in that state. The temporary injunction is a major win for NWF and...

Maine Voters Approve Huge Land Bond Issue.(conservation bond in Maine)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... By a landslide vote of 68 to 32 percent, Maine voters have approved a $50 million bond issue for land acquisition and conservation easements in the state. Pete Didisheim, advocacy director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, an NWF...

Other Parks Adopt Maine's Clean Air For Acadia Campaign.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... An air-pollution education program initiated at Acadia National Park by the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), one of NWF's affiliates, has inspired similar efforts at some other national parks plagued by chronic air pollution. ...

Annual Meeting Set for Seattle March 16-18.(National Wildlife Federation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... "Shaping a Conservation Century" is the theme of NWF's 64th Annual Meeting, which will look back on 100 years of conservation milestones and ahead to what the new millennium holds for planet Earth. Special break-out sessions will focus on...

Plumbing Efficiency Standards Might Be Flushed Away.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... National standards that mandate lower water flows in faucets, toilets and shower heads sold in the United States could go right down the drain if some members of Congress have their way. NWF, which was instrumental in getting the standards...

Court Upholds Mexican Gray Wolf Reintroduction.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Score another victory for endangered species. The U.S. Federal District Court in Albuquerque has dismissed a ranchers' lawsuit challenging reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf in Arizona's Apache National Forest. NWF was one of 14...

NWF Makes Case for Wolves In Northern Forest.(National Wildlife Federation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Wolves are the missing link in the ecosystem of the 26-million-acre Northern Forest that stretches from northern Maine through New Hampshire and Vermont into the Adi-rondack Mountains of New York. That is the theme of a new NWF publication...

Keep the Wild Alive.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Species Recovery Fund Encourages Wildlife Protection Projects NWF has established a Wild Alive Species Recovery Fund to support innovative conservation projects that will directly improve conditions for one or more of the 25 endangered...

Want to Visit a Birding Hot Spot This Winter? Here Are One Fanatic's Favorites.
February 1, 2000... When it comes to bird-watching, my wife says that I'm a fanatic. I admit I do sometimes go to great lengths to observe and photograph feathered creatures. I once spent the better part of a year visiting North America's top birding spots for...

NWF CONSERVATION HALL OF FAME.(National Wildlife Federation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... A Man Ahead of His Time Since 1963, 23 esteemed environmentalists and pioneers in natural resource protection have been inducted into the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Hall of Fame. One of them, Ernest Thompson Seton, extolled...

A New Giant-Screen Film Explores the Wild World of Dolphin Communication.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... The boat rolled in the six-foot swells as crewmembers wrestled the 250- pound IMAX[umlaut] camera and its underwater housing, nicknamed "Miss Piggy," from the treacherous waters of Golfo Nuevo, off Patagonia, Argentina. As waves occasionally...

Modern Obstructions.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2000... I enjoyed reading in your article about the pronghorn's amazing running abilities ["Homeless on the Range," October/November 1999], but I was also saddened to learn that it is reluctant to jump over fences or cross highways. It seems like the...

When Birds of a Feather Mob Together, It's Usually Bad News for Predators.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Ornithologist Millicent Ficken was recording bird calls in Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains when she heard the screams of a Cooper's hawk on a nearby ponderosa pine. "After the hawk's last scream, a Steller's jay sounded the alarm with its harsh...

CLAWING ITS WAY TO THE TOP.(impact of increasing puma population on prey species)
February 1, 2000... The cougar's burgeoning population is proving a challenge for some other creatures Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep were in trouble. Their population had been knocked down to 250 in the late 1970s, largely because of diseases contracted from...

In Harm's Way.
February 1, 2000... If the nation has experienced some strong storms in the past decade, and the resulting property losses have reached sky-high records, that must mean storms are worse than ever before, right? Not according to a recent analysis of past weather...

PHOTO CONTEST.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Sometimes the best photographic subjects can be found right in your own backyard. That, at least, proved to be the case for three of the ten winners of National Wildlife's twenty-ninth annual photo contest. A fourth only had to walk next door...

How to Enter the 2000 National Wildlife Photography Competition.
February 1, 2000... The editors of National Wildlife invite you to enter their thirtieth annual photography competition. WHO: The competition is open to all amateur and aspiring professional photographers except employees of the National Wildlife Federation...

Leonard Peyton's Fairbanks Backyard Is an Ideal Place to Study Redpolls.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... As flocks of redpolls cross Interior Alaska each winter, some invariably head up Pearl Creek Bowl, where they're funneled by the landscape toward Leonard Peyton's yard near Fairbanks. Most years, the small songbirds begin arriving in early...

When a Fish is More Than a Fish.
February 1, 2000... For the Nez Perce and other Native Americans of the Northwest, saving endangered salmon means saving an ancient heritage Sitting one day last spring in the shady yard of his small clapboard home in Lewiston, Idaho, Horace Axtell unfolded a...

The Strange World of the Shrike.
February 1, 2000... It looks like a songbird. It sounds like a songbird. But it acts like a hawk. The hunter spots his prey. He quickly swoops down and slams his victim to the ground. Battering it into submission with repeated blows to its neck, he...

Experts Are Turning Up Some Surprising Sources of Indoor Air Pollution.
February 1, 2000... Activists often use the image of the canary in the coal mine to warn of potential threats to the environment. When it comes to the quality of indoor air, that's more than a well-worn cliche. Veterinary experts have long cautioned that pet...

Unlocking the Conservation Hero Within.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Jim Applegate wouldn't consider himself a conservation hero. But having just played a critical role in opening the door to conservation funding that has never before been available for safeguarding wildlife and wild places (see page 65), Jim is...