Conservation
Water, Wetlands and Wells
Water is the driving force of all nature. And it seems to take on an added significance in summer when heatwaves roll across the nation. Water cools us and sustains us, but we are abusing it.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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Conservation
Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet
I like to think that Earth Day and I have a personal relationship. I remember participating in the first one as a demonstrator on April 22, 1970. At that time, there was no Clean Air Act, no Clean Water Act and no Environmental Protection Agency.
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Conservation
Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary: An Encounter with its Founder
“There was a special adventure to being a young boy in northwestern Wisconsin. There was the adventure of exploring a deep green pine forest, crunching noisily through the crisp leaves and pine needles on a sharp fall day, or taking a cool drink from a fast-running trout stream or a hidden lake.”
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Conservation
“The Lorax”: Prophetic Warning or Poor Forest Management?
“Way back in the days when the grass was still green and the pond was still wet and the clouds were still clean … .” So starts the tale the “Once-ler” tells in the classic Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) book The Lorax, published in 1971.
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News & More
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 90, up to northern Wisconsin.
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News & More
Is There a New State Trend to Ban Citizen Science?
Citizen science has become an important tool for scientific research. Now, as funds for federal agencies and state natural resources departments around the country shrink, using ordinary folks to gather and record wildlife and environmental observations stretch limited research dollars by getting reams of data for free. NASA relies on amateur astronomers for asteroid observations.
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Conservation
Hearing Rachel Carson on the 50th Anniversary of “Silent Spring”
September 27 will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring, a book written by marine biologist Rachel Carson. In her famous tome, Carson warned about the harmful side effects entering the environment through our use of pesticides.