Environment

Lying in the rain shadow of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, western Nevada’s mountain islands and desert seas offer a glimpse into an ancient world. There are soaring forested peaks and searing hot, dry lakebeds; wild lands offering something for all adventure seekers. Read More

Lying in the shadow of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, western Nevada’s mountains offer something for all adventure seekers. These lands are designated for a variety of uses ranging from mining and cattle ranching to wilderness and recreation.  Read More

Forage fish—also known as baitfish—bind Florida’s marine food webs together. These small, nutrient-rich schooling fish, such as mullet, ballyhoo, and sardines, are a critical food source for other ocean wildlife. They are consumed by coastal birds and larger fish, including tarpon, groupers, and king mackerel, that support the state’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry. Read More

This has been an eventful year for our Clean Energy Business Network, the marketplace for renewable energy and efficiency, and the policy environment affecting the industry. Read More

This has been an eventful year for our Clean Energy Business Network, the marketplace for renewable energy and efficiency, and the policy environment affecting the industry. As 2014 draws to a close, we look back with pride on the CEBN’s accomplishments and look forward with hope for continued progress and a bright future for the clean energy sector. Read More

Forage fish—also known as baitfish—bind Florida’s marine food webs together. These small, nutrient-rich schooling fish, such as mullet, ballyhoo, and sardines, are a critical food source for other ocean wildlife. They are consumed by coastal birds and larger fish, including tarpon, groupers, and king mackerel, that support the state’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry. Read More

Washington—The U.S. Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud released 15 recommendations today to address current gaps in U.S. policy on illegal fishing. Read More

On Dec. 16, 2014, Bristol Bay, Alaska’s people and seafood industry won protection for their local fisheries they had been seeking for decades. President Obama removed Bristol Bay from future oil and gas development through the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Bounded by the Aleutian Islands to the south and opening in to the Bering Sea to the west, the protected area is roughly the size... Read More

1986—Despite strong opposition from local villages and residents, Native tribes, fishing organizations, conservation groups, and the state of Alaska, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Minerals Management Service opened Bristol Bay to oil and gas exploration and development with Lease Sale 92.1989—After the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Congress added the North Aleutian Basin,... Read More

The marine life artist, Wyland, has built a reputation for art grounded in a passion for conserving ocean wildlife. Read More

Lying in the rain shadow of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, western Nevada’s mountain islands and desert seas offer a glimpse into an ancient world. There are soaring forested peaks and searing hot, dry lakebeds; wild lands offering something for all adventure seekers. Read More

This has been an eventful year for our Clean Energy Business Network, the marketplace for renewable energy and efficiency, and the policy environment affecting the industry. As 2014 draws to a close, we look back with pride on the CEBN’s accomplishments and look forward with hope for continued progress and a bright future for the clean energy sector. Read More

At its December meeting the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council unanimously agreed to a proactive approach to fishing for forage species that hadn’t previously been targeted. Read More

A recent headline in The New York Times sums up what many New England coastal communities have been wrestling with for the past few years: “Waters Warm, and Cod Catch Ebbs in Maine.” Read More

Last week, Congress passed a collection of five wilderness bills and sent them to the president’s desk to be signed into law. Read More

Lying in the shadow of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, western Nevada’s mountains offer something for all adventure seekers. These lands are designated for a variety of uses ranging from mining and cattle ranching to wilderness and recreation.  Read More

This has been an eventful year for our Clean Energy Business Network, the marketplace for renewable energy and efficiency, and the policy environment affecting the industry. Read More

Learn about one of the richest U.S. marine ecosystems, its diverse wildlife, and its world-class commercial and subsistence fisheries. Read More

Fifty years after the passage of the Wilderness Act, this landmark law remains the nation’s most effective tool for protecting wild places. Here are a few of the lands Congress will protect. Read More

The Bering Strait is the narrow gateway between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. The region is home to indigenous communities and supports a mass migration of marine species – including bowhead whales, walrus and millions of seabirds – twice a year. As sea ice recedes from this area and ship traffic increases, rules must be developed to promote safe shipping and minimize the inherent risks. Read More