Kansas National Wildlife Refuge Garners Carbon Kudos
August 12, 2009
The Conservation Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Environmental Synergy Inc. (ESI), announced Aug. 3 that a forest-based carbon sequestration project near Kansas City has received Gold validation, the highest level available under Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance standards.
Cultivating ‘Climate Stewards’
June 22, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and six other federal agencies, has developed a new Climate Change, Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit for formal and informal educators. The kit contains materials that will help classroom teachers and informal educators in parks, refuges, forest lands, nature centers, zoos, aquariums, science centers, and other venues teach middle school students about how climate change is affecting our nation's wildlife and public lands and how everyone—including kids—can become “climate stewards.”
New Report Assesses National, Regional Impacts of Global Climate Change
June 17, 2009
Climate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to a new federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change.