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Candice Gaukel Andrews

“Going Rogue” for the National Park Service, Science and Trees

Going rogue. Since 1835, that phrase has been used to describe elephants that exhibit violent behavior, whether through injury or from being separated from...

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Nick Grossman

Natural Habitat Adventures Recognized as ‘The Most Exciting Company in Colorado’

On May 4, an audience of nearly 350 people chose Natural Habitat Adventures as “the most exciting company in Colorado” during a sold-out Colorado “Companies...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

After Earth Day 2017: An Alphabet from Outer Space

On Saturday, the world celebrated Earth Day 2017. This one took on a different demeanor from Earth Days in our recent past. Reminiscent of the first Earth Day...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Rushing into a World without Gray Wolves or Grizzly Bears

Grizzly bears and wolves. Other than bison, does America have any mammals more representative of our nation? Unfortunately for them, grizzly bears and wolves...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Climate Change and the Siberia Hole: What It Means for You

On the tundra of Siberia, near the coldest city on Earth, there’s a place that local people have come to call a “gateway to the underworld” or a portal to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

The U.S. (and Us) Before the Environmental Protection Agency

As a kid, I looked forward to my weekend road trips with my big sister, who was old enough to have her driver’s license. We usually traveled along Interstate...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Drones: Wildlife Difficulty or Poaching Deterrent?

Drones have become popular conservation tools. The Bureau of Land Management, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey have all used...

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Court Whelan, Ph.D.

Enter Our Monarch Butterfly Adventure Giveaway!

The monarch butterfly migration is quite simply one of the most jaw-dropping spectacles on earth.  While one may initially think that the migration event is...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Let Your Mind Wander: Those “Travels” Are Good for You

Mindfulness is a buzzword today. It refers to the notion that we should strive to keep our minds fully attending to and totally aware of what’s happening and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Concrete Jungles Store Carbon Dioxide, But Is It Enough?

Called the “lungs of the world,” our planet’s forests store more carbon dioxide in their leaves, soil and wood than is contained in the Earth’s entire...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Warming Oceans Due to Climate Change Causing Seabird Deaths

Recently, in late 2016, hundreds of tufted puffins washed up dead on shores along the Bering Sea in Alaska. Earlier last year, tens of thousands of dead...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Climate Change: The Consequences of a Canceled Conference

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, planned to hold a Climate and Health Summit, set for February 14-16,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Anthropocene: Dawn of the Age of Humans or Demise of the Earth?

It’s the beginning of a brand-new year, and—in geological terms—it may be the start of a new name for our era. The International Union of Geological Sciences,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wildlife Labor: Using Eagles to Combat Drones

From employing dogs to protect our airports and track endangered species to using ravens to replant the forests we destroy, using animals to do our work isn’t...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

New Year’s 2017: Should “Auld” Acquaintance Be Forgot? I Think Not.

Traditionally, throughout the world on New Year’s Eve, we all join in the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” The song, whose title roughly translates as “for old...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

De-stressing Dogs and Pettable Pigs: Making Holiday Travel Happy

While dogs have been working at airports around the country for some time as narcotics officers and runway-geese police, some animals are now finding gainful...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Climate Change Could Expose a Hazardous U.S. Military Base in Greenland

In the past few decades, rapid climate change has certainly revealed a lot about how our planet is being reshaped and modified. Global warming has been linked...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

In an Unprecedented Lawsuit, Kids Take On Climate Change

In the environmental-action and wildlife-conservation world—the two go hand in hand, as we need healthy environments for the animal kingdom to prosper—there’s...

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