A Win a Decade in the Making: Governor Whitmer Moves to Shut Down Line 5

After a decade of seemingly insurmountable work to uncover Line 5 integrity details, Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer fulfilled her duty to protect the Great Lakes for all citizens by announcing the termination of Line 5’s easement due to the unacceptable risk this pipeline places on our shared waters and way-of-life.

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Finding Common Ground on the Lower Snake River

From commercial fisheries off the Pacific Coast in Washington and Oregon and tribal communities which have depended on salmon for food for generations, to the outdoor guiding communities in central Idaho, there just aren’t enough fish. Where fifty years ago over 50,000 Chinook salmon returned to Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River, runs today number less than 500. At the heart of this issue are the cumulative, negative impacts of the four dams on the lower Snake River, a major Columbia River tributary, which has severed fish passage to rich spawning habitats in Idaho.

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Migrating Arts: Celebrating the Monarch Butterfly in México

In México, the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge initiative is run by the National Wildlife Federation’s partner organization, Profauna A.C., through the Programa Correo Real. This past year, through their “My Municipality with the Monarch” initiative, they worked with elementary schools and youth arts centers to paint dozens of monarch murals across their cities.

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Greening the Grey to Grow More Oysters in the Bay

Due to pressures from harvesting, pollution, and disease, the population of oysters in the Chesapeake is a fraction of what it used to be. The National Wildlife Federation Mid-Atlantic Regional Center is working with scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory to study and develop methods to restore oysters to the bay. One possible solution? Oyster castles.

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National Wildlife Federation Unveils New Look at Landmark California Wildlife Crossing

The National Wildlife Federation’s #SaveLACougars recently released a series of new images that show how the design of the wildlife crossing is advancing as the anticipated break ground date of 2021 approaches.

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