by LouiseGund | Mar 2, 2020 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Nature, Organizations, Wildlife
There are only two species of gorillas known to humankind, the eastern and the western gorilla. They live along Africa’s equatorial belt about 500 miles apart. Each of these two species consists of two subspecies, one inhabiting lowland areas and the other inhabiting...
by LouiseGund | Dec 9, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Nature, Wildlife
The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT) works to serve the interests of the land trust community in the state and to strengthen its collective ability to preserve the environment for the benefit of people everywhere, now and in the future. Through its many...
by LouiseGund | Nov 20, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Nature, Organizations, Programs, Wildlife
Late in 2017, in the small salmon-fishing town of Dillingham, Alaska, a mining firm filed paperwork to obtain a permit for the development of a new open-pit gold and copper mine upstream. Residents in this town of 2,300 people, whose livelihood centers on fishing, are...
by LouiseGund | Nov 15, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, History, Nature, Organizations, Programs, Wildlife
A nonprofit law firm focused on defending the earth and its people, animals, and natural resources, Earthjustice has won numerous court battles since its establishment in the 1970s. These lawsuits have halted air pollution, increased protections for Arctic lands and...
by LouiseGund | Nov 13, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, History, Legislation, Organizations, Wildlife
In 2018, the Trump administration came under scrutiny from environmental and animal rights activists for its attempt to end the Obama administration’s ban on several controversial hunting practices on federal lands in Alaska. In the May 22, 2018 Federal Register, the...
by LouiseGund | Oct 29, 2019 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Legislation, Nature, Wildlife
For the past three decades, Baykeeper has worked to prevent environmental threats to the San Francisco Bay and its tributaries. The nonprofit organization’s ongoing mission: to ensure that wildlife and their habitats are secure and that the residents of the Bay Area...
