by LouiseGund | Aug 4, 2020 | Broadway, Legislation, Organizations, Programs
Among the many tragedies unfolding around the world as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads is the one affecting the performing arts industry. The postponements, cancellations, and closures of performing arts venues have left an entire generation of actors, singers, dancers,...
by LouiseGund | May 1, 2020 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Legislation, Nature, Wildlife
During the administration of former President Barack Obama, federal officials described Bristol Bay’s salmon ecosystem as a “national treasure.” Bristol Bay is, in fact, one of the richest natural salmon habitats and fisheries in the world. It contributes some 60...
by LouiseGund | Mar 30, 2020 | Animals, Conservation, Environment, Legislation, Nature, Organizations, Programs, Wildlife
Trump administration officials announced in March 2019 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would consider whether to end the grey wolf’s status as a species receiving protection under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. By doing so, the administration would transfer...
by LouiseGund | Mar 5, 2020 | Conservation, Environment, History, Legislation, Nature
These days, when do Democrats and Republicans in government agree on anything? Apparently clean water is a relatively non-partisan issue. The nonprofit environmental legal aid group Earthjustice is celebrating a rare instance of bipartisanship with the passage...
by LouiseGund | Dec 17, 2019 | Conservation, Environment, Legislation, Nature, Organizations, Programs
In October 2019, the nonprofit Clean Water Action praised the vote by the California State Water Resources Control Board to reduce the previously established timeline to end nitrate water pollution in California’s Central Valley by 10 years. The 3-1 vote in...
by LouiseGund | Dec 12, 2019 | Conservation, Environment, Legislation, Nature, Organizations
The only nonprofit organization of its kind that monitors local waters in its own pollution patrol boat, San Francisco Baykeeper has spent the past 30 years playing a lead role in protecting the health of the San Francisco Bay and adjacent wetlands. Baykeeper focuses...
