Press Releases
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2012 Press Releases and Statements
04-11-12 Report: Reengineer Mississippi River Delta To Protect Nation’s Economic, Ecological Assets
04-10-12 Oil still in Louisiana's marshes two years after start of Gulf Oil Disaster [w/Video and Photos]
04-10-12 New NWF Report: A Degraded Gulf of Mexico
04-04-12 Growing Risk for Taxpayers and Wildlife
03-29-12 House Attacks on Wildlife, Air and Water Wouldn’t Close Budget Gap
03-27-12 EPA Proposes Historic Limits to Industrial Carbon Pollution
03-27-12 Warming Winters Threaten America’s Outdoor Traditions
03-27-12 Hill Ads Praise 76 Senators for Passing Gulf Restoration Amendment
03-23-12 NWF Supports New Federal Wind-Wildlife Guidelines
03-22-12 Global Climate Change Will Increase Anxiety, Fear and Depression
03-22-12 President Obama’s Dangerous Wrong Turn on Energy
03-23-12 Gulf Ads Thank Gulf Senators for Passing Gulf Restoration Amendment
03-21-12 Tribes Welcome Home Yellowstone Bison
03-21-12 New Report: Strong Farm Bill Key to Great Lakes Restoration
03-14-12 Bipartisan Transportation Package a Major Conservation Victory
03-08-12 RESTORE Act a Victory for Gulf’s Ecosystems and Economy
03-08-12 Gulf Groups Hail Senate Passage Of Gulf Restoration Amendment
03-07-12 Court Protects Taxpayers and Environment from Yazoo Pumps
02-23-12 National Hunting, Angling Groups Applaud Move to Finalize Clean Water Act Guidance
02-21-12 EPA Permit Too Weak to Protect Great Lakes, U.S. Waters from Ballast Water Invaders
02-21-12 NWF Pledges to Fight Heartland Institute Intimidation Campaign
02-17-12 RESTORE Act needs support from a distance now
02-16-12 National Sportsmen’s Groups to Congress: ‘Restore Mississippi River Delta and Gulf Coast Now’
02-16-12 House Giveaway to Big Oil Jeopardizes America’s Wildlife
02-16-12 Senator Inhofe Seeks to Roll Back Clean Air Victory
02-16-12 Healthy Kids From Day One Act Would Address Inactivity, Fight Childhood Obesity
02-15-12 Coalition to Congress: ‘Do Not Waver in Support for Great Lakes Programs’
02-14-12 Study: Southeast biomass has carbon spike before long-term climate benefits
02-10-12 Major Milestone for Sustainable Biofuels
02-07-12 BP Profits Highlight Need for Congress to Pass RESTORE Act
02-07-12 Coalition to Next President: Commit to Action on Great Lakes, Asian Carp
02-07-12 As Consumer Demand for Sustainable Products Increases, More U.S. Companies Open Their Supply Chains for Review
02-06-12 Tar Sands Development to Lead to Poisoning of Wolves
02-02-12 Obama Administration Hits the Accelerator for Responsible Offshore Wind Development
01-31-12 Tribes prepare for homecoming of wild bison from Yellowstone
01-31-12 Great Lakes–Mississippi River Separation is Possible, Practical and Preventive
01-26-12 RESTORE Act critical to helping Gulf Coast in aftermath of Gulf oil disaster
01-26-12 Coalition Grants Helping Groups Participate in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
01-25-12 Energy Plays Major Role in President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union
01-18-12 Obama Administration Rejects Big Oil’s Keystone XL Scam
01-17-12 NWF's Wildlife Photographs for Sale
01-17-12 Obama Administration Releases Rule to Prohibit Import of Some Large Constrictor Snakes
01-12-12 LA 2012 Coastal Master Plan draft release statement
01-09-12 Protection of One Million Acres Near the Grand Canyon is a Victory for Wildlife, Sportsmen and Jobs
2011 Press Releases and Statements
12-21-11 Groups Move to Protect People Property and Wildlife in Flood-Prone Areas
12-21-11 New Yorkers Call for Action on Offshore Wind
12-21-11 NWF's Na'Taki Osborne Jelks Appointed to Conservation Committee
11-28-11 Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign Launches New Website
11-28-11 Nook Ranger Rick press release
11-22-11-Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Still on road to recovery
11-17-11 Americans Can Breathe Easier with New Fuel Economy Standards
11-17-11 NWF and National Aquarium Join Forces
11-16-11-SAFE Act Critical to Confronting Climate Impacts
11-16-11 No More Drilling in the Dark
11-15-11 New NWF California Advisory Council Meets in Yosemite
11-15-11 Bad Ballast Water Bill Threatens America's Waters and Wildlife
11-10-11 Keystone XL Do-Over Likely a Lethal Blow
10-05-11 House RESTORE Coalition Release
09-21-11 Gulf Groups Praise Senate Committee for Approving Gulf Restoration Bill
08-03-11 Climate Change Hurts Indian Tribes Disproportionately, Report Finds
07-13-11 House Appropriations Bill Attacks Public Health, Natural Resources
07-12-11 Oil Spill Recovery Projects Proposed by Louisiana Deserve Prompt Review
07-06-11 House Appropriations Bill a “Bailout for Big Polluters”
06-15-11 House Committee Blocks Clean Water Protections
06-15-11 NWF, EcoAdapt Bring Climate-Smart Restoration to the Great Lakes
06-14-11 Sportsmen Tell Congress: Use Oil Spill Fines to Restore the Gulf
06-09-11 NWF Recognizes Boston Latin as Nation's First Public 'Green Flag' School
05-24-11 NWF Urges Congress Not to Undermine Farmers and America's Future
05-19-11 NWF Names New California Director
05-18-11 Mississippi River Flooding: Natural Solutions for an Unnatural Disaster
05-13-11 Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program Protects People, Property, and the Environment
05-09-11 Casa Vinicola Zonin Donates Funds for Gulf Coast Restoration
05-02-11 NWF Praises Show Me Energy Cooperative
04-27-11 NWF Welcomes New Guidance for Clean Water Act
04-26-11 Department of Education Launches Green Ribbon Schools
04-22-11 NWF Launches Lawsuit to Protect America's Vanishing Grasslands
04-21-11 New NWF Report Grades Midwest in Efforts to Lead in Clean Energy Economy
04-19-11 NWF, Vanishing Paradise and Ducks Unlimited to Host Tele-Town Hall on One-Year Memorial of BP Oil Disaster
04-15-11 Proposed TCEQ Rules Leave Fish and Wildlife High and Dry
04-15-11 Conservation Leaders Call for Funds to Restore Gulf
04-12-11 Chevy Chase to Speak About Wife Jayni's Conservation Work at NWF Gala
04-12-11 Six Winners of National Award for Campus Climate Innovation Announced
03-28-11 National Wildlife Federation, McGraw-Hill and NewPage Corporation Launch Innovative Textbook Recycling Project
03-22-11 America’s Great Waters Coalition Designates Nine New Waterways to Advocate for Restoration Needs
03-16-11 Sportsmen Urge Action on Air Pollution
03-15-11 National Wildlife Federation Welcomes New House and Senate Bills Requiring Disclosure of Toxic Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
03-11-11 Big Oil Wants to Bypass Safety Regulators, Again
02-28-11 Report: Campuses Tapping Into Benefits of Geothermal Energy, Cutting Costs
02-17-11 B.A.S.S. signs Vanishing Paradise’s Letter Urging Congress to Restore Louisiana's Coast
02-16-11 America Speaks Out: Protect Our Public Lands
02-16-11 America's Great Outdoors Initiative Reconnects Children, Youth and Families with Nature
02-14-11 President's Budget Maintains Commitment to Funding Gulf Coast Restoration
02-09-11 House Budget Protects Oil Companies, Jeopardizes Americans’ Health
02-04-11 Canadian PM Visit with Obama Stirs Dirty Energy Controversy
02-03-11 Upton, Inhofe Offer Latest in Parade of Polluter Loopholes
02-01-11 Summit to Explore Ways to "Green" Childhood in Houston
01-31-11 Sen. Barrasso Launches Assault on Clean Air
01-27-11 US Companies Win by Disclosing Forest Footprints
01-26-11 Victory for Florida’s Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtles
01-19-11 New Guide to Help Natural Resource Managers Make Climate-Smart Conservation Decisions
01-13-11 NWF: EPA Right to Block Massive Mountaintop Removal Project
2010 Press Releases and Statements
12-23-10 Carbon Reducing Performance Standards Advance at EPA
12-18-10 Broad Natural Resource Protection Plan Introduced in Senate
12-15-10 NWF Calls DOJ Oil Disaster Lawsuit "A Key Part of the Solution"
12-15-10 Senate Appropriators Propose Pulling Rug Out from Under Next Generation Bioenergy
12-11-10 Progress in Cancun Climate Talks But Much Remains to be Done
12-10-10 From COP16 in Cancun, International Victory for Climate Change Education, Training
12-09-10 Pipeline Anomolies Show Transcanada Skimps on Safety
12-08-10 New U.S. Gulf of Maine Restoration Plan Promises Economic Opportunity
12-01-10 Report: Offshore Atlantic Wind is the Next Clean Energy and Jobs Wave
11-18-10 U.S. Rep. Kind Introduces Moving Outdoors in Nature Act
11-11-10 New Tool Successfully Protects Michigan’s High Quality Rivers and Streams
11-10-10 EPA Announces Responsible New Clean Air Measures
11-02-10 2010 Election: New Faces in Congress, but Voters Still Want Clean Energy
10-29-10 New Report: Region Planning for Climate Change to Protect Great Lakes, People, Wildlife
10-28-10-Texas-Community-Colleges-Convene-for-Greenforce-Initiative-Summit
10-25-10 EPA and DOT Propose First-Ever Truck Emissions Standard
10-12-10 As Drilling Moratorium Lifts, Safety Questions Remain
09-30-10 Can Secretary Salazar's Vision Withstand Big Oil's Attacks?
09-29-10 Gulf Region Voters Far More Likely to Vote for Legislators who Support Gulf Restoration Funding
09-29-10 Eco-Schools USA and Zerofootprint Foundation Help Reduce Schools Energy Use
09-28-10 Mabus Report Delivers on 1st Part of President's Promise to Make Gulf Better than Before BP Oil Disaster
09-27-10 Written Testimony of Ian MacDonald to the National Commission on the BP Oil Spill
09-23-10 National Environmental Education Act reauthorized in U.S. House and Senate
09-22-10 Greenforce Initiative Underway on Community College Campuses - National Announcement
09-21-10 Energy Efficient Schools Initiative Highlighted at Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
09-17-10 Corps of Engineers Reassess Fargo-Moorhead Flood Plan
09-08-10-John-Goss-Named-Asian-Carp-Director
09-07-10 Development of Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry Have Potential to Address Climate Change
08-25-10 Letter to Attorney General on Natural Gas Discharge in the Gulf
08-19-10 Scientific Uncertainty Abounds Regarding Accounting of BP Oil in Gulf
08-19-10 Ian MacDonald's Testimony on BP Oil Spill for Energy and Environment House Subcommittee
08-16-10 Outdoors Alliance for Kids: Recommendations for America's Great Outdoors
08-13-10 Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy Honored For Conservation Leadership
08-12-10 America's Great Outdoors: A Vision for the 21st Century
08-05-10 NWF Whole Child Report Examines Benefits of Time Outside
08-05-10 TransCanada Expected to Concede Dangers of Proposed Dirty Fuels Pipeline
08-05-10 National Wildlife Federation Announces Northeast Great Waters Program
08-04-10 NWF: Reported Progress Encouraging, But Gulf Oil Disaster Goes On
08-03-10 Oil Spill Bill Stalled in Senate, for Now
08-03-10 Letter on Need for Transparency Surrounding BP Oil Spill
08-03-10 Freedom of Information Act Request for Data on Effects of BP Oil Spill on Birds
07-29-10 Report: Fossil Fuel Disasters Common in America
07-29-10 Pared Down Water Resources Bill Moves Forward
07-27-10 BP $5 Billion Down Payment Among Recommendations to Restore Coastal Louisiana
07-23-10 NWF President and CEO Appointed to President's Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council
07-23-10 Independent Report Says Continued EPA Climate Action is Critical
07-22-10 Senate on Brink of Climate Failure
07-22-10 Bill to Add Wind Coverage to the National Flood Insurance Program Pulled from House Floor
07-21-10 A Band-Aid Approach Won't Solve America's Energy Woes, House Should Pass Comprehensive Bill
07-21-10 Adding Wind Coverage to the National Flood Insurance Program Harmful to Environment, Taxpayers
07-21-10 Green Group Letter In Opposition to H.R. 1264
07-21-10 EPA Criticism of Dirty Fuels Pipeline Likely to Stall Controversial Project
07-16-10 National Academies Report Warns of Climate Emissions Crisis
07-15-10 NWF Lauds New Senate Bill Charting Course for Oil Independence
07-15-10 As BP Caps Gulf Gusher, Eyes Turn to Senate Action on America's Energy Future
07-15-10 House Spill Response Bill Draws Praise as It Heads to Floor Vote
07-13-10 Groups File Suit to Stop Development in Critical Sea Turtle Habitat
07-08-10 Nationwide Action Day Condemns Risky Canadian Dirty Oil Pipeline
07-07-10 New "Sprayed Away" Report Looks At Seven Ways to Reduce Texas' Outdoor Use
06-30-10 Senate Moves Forward to Restore Americas Great Waters
06-30-10 54 Organization Support Letter for Great Waters Restoration Bills
06-23-10 Asian Carp Found Near Lake Michigan
06-22-10 NWF: Moratorium Ruling Shows System Tilted in Big Oil's Favor
06-21-10 National Wildlife Federation to Coordinate Wildlife Surveillance in the Gulf
06-18-10 Only One Week Left to Plan Your Great American Backyard Campout
06-16-10 NWF's Ranger Rick Magazine Wins Big Education Publication Award
06-15-10 Clean Energy Equals Economic Opportunity, Government Analysis Says
06-15-10 President Obama to Make Gulf Disaster and Energy Focus of Oval Office Speech
06-15-10 Gulf Escrow Must Invest in Restoring Coastal Habitats, Conservation Groups Say
06-15-10 Conservation Group Letter to President Obama on Gulf Escrow Account
06-07-10 Gear Up For The Great American Backyard Campout
06-02-10 Nature Photography Day and NWF's Annual Photo Contest
06-01-10 NWF, Partners Launch Outdoors Alliance For Kids; First Lady Announces Let's Move Outside!
05-27-10 NWF Welcomes Congressional Action on Electric Vehicles, Fuel Economy
05-25-10 Garden Furniture Scorecard: Sustainable Buys Are Widely Available
05-24-10 Conservation Groups Praise U.S. Senators for Action on Asian Carp, Invasive Species
05-21-10 NWF and FTL Solar Award Boston Latin School Green Wish
05-19-10 NWF: BP Can't Be Left in Charge of Gulf Coast Crime Scene
05-19-10 National Academies Set the Record Straight on Climate Science
05-13-10 EPA Applies Clean Air Act to Curb Carbon Pollution
05-12-10 Senate Climate Bill Jumpstarts Prospects for Action This Year
05-06-10 BP Spill Potentially Grows to Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Toxic Soup
05-05-10 Text2Give Campaign: Help Save Wildlife Affected by BP Oil Spill
05-05-10 Eyewitness Account: Oil Sludge 18 miles from Biloxi, MS wetlands
05-05-10 Rep. Kind Introduces Healthy CHOICES Act with Moving Outdoors in Nature Provisions
04-30-10 Statement by Larry Schweiger President of National Wildlife Federation on Coastal Drilling
04-29-10 National Wildlife Federation Teams Up with New Film Furry Vengeance
04-28-10 First U.S. Offshore Wind Development Signals Important Step Toward America’s Clean Energy Future
04-26-2010 Supreme Court Decision Underscores Need to Close Invasive Species Superhighway
04-26-2010 Court Decision on Asian Carp Threatens Great Lakes and Regional Economy
04-24-10 NWF and 8 National Groups Respond to Delay of Climate and Energy Bill
04-22-10 Earth Day Outdoors - NWF Joins Interior Department on the National Mall
04-21-10 Sportsmen Commend Introduction of House Clean Water Bill
04-20-10 Five U.S. Colleges Win National Award For Campus Climate Innovations
04-19-10 What Is The Greenforce Initiative?
04-16-10 Conservation takes center stage at America’s Great Outdoors conference
04-14-10 Seasonal Allergies Getting Worse From Climate Change
04-14-10 Matyas U.S. House Testimony In Support Of Environmental And Climate Change Education
04-14-10 National Wildlife Federation and New Jersey Audubon Society Formally Join Forces
04-01-10 They Came From Climate Change
03-31-10 President Obama Addresses America's Energy Challenge
03-23-10 The New Energy Future in Indian Country
03-19-10 Environmental and Climate Groups Applaud Progress on Senate Climate Bill
03-19-10 U.S. House Passes Watershed Education Bill
03-18-10 NWF Commends EPA For Revisiting Critical Energy Development Issue
03-16-10 All Hands on Deck Response Needed to Deal with Inevitable Consequences of Climate Change
03-15-10 Obama's Education Overhaul a Major Opportunity for Environmental Literacy
03-08-10 Drop by Drop: Seven Ways Texas Cities Can Conserve Water
03-05-10 Sage-Grouse Decision a "Wake-Up Call"
03-03-10 Education and union leaders flock to DC to support climate bill
03-03-10 NWF Action Fund education funding ad
02-17-10 Montana wildlife and waters at risk
02-17-10 National Wildlife Week Is March 15-21
02-15-10 Wildlife Olympians Bring Home Gold
02-09-10 Outdoor Time for Kids Can Help First Lady Achieve Her “Let’s Move” Goal
02-08-10 Report Shows Colorado Wildlife and Waters at Risk
02-08-10 Secretary Salazar Announces Expanded “Youth in the Great Outdoors” Initiative
02-03-10 Health, Conservation, Youth Groups To Surgeon General: Make Outdoor Time A Health Priority
02-01-10 Obama’s Budget Sets Right Priorities in Tough Times
01-28-10 State of the Union statement on Education Investment
01-28-10 Global Warming Bringing More Oddball Winter Weather
01-26-10 Report Shows Tennessee Waters at High Risk of Pollution, Destruction
01-21-10 Murkowski Renews ‘Dirty Air Act’ Push, Targets Climate Science
01-21-10 Winter Wildlife Watch: Where The Eagles Roam
01-15-10 NWF Challenges Wisconsin to Gain Stronger Protections against Invasive Species
01-15-10 NWF Vows to Challenge Michigan’s Approval of Dangerous Mine
01-13-10 Corn Crowds Out Wildlife in Prairie Pothole Region
01-06-10 Obama Administration Misses Opportunity to Protect Great Lakes from Asian Carp Threat
2009 Press Releases and Statements
12-28-09 Be Out There Resolution 2010
12-15-09 Combating Holiday Madness
12-10-09 Restoring the Longleaf Pine: Preparing the Southeast for Global Warming
12-15-09 Nature Offers Relief for Holiday Stress
12-15-09 Flaws in Water-Loss Study Make Conclusions Doubtful
12-07-09 Dramatic U.S. Clean Air Act Action Gives Obama Strong Cards at Copenhagen
12-04-09 Obama to Copenhagen for Critical Days
12-02-09 Toys for Tots Parnters with NWF
11-23-09 Surgeon General confirmed
11-23-09 NWF Hosts International Program to Green Schools
11-23-09 Army Corps of Engineers "Actively Managing Collapse" of Mississippi River Delta
11-20-09 Groups Declare Asian Carp Emergency
11-20-09 Wisconsin Takes Action on Invasive Species
11-19-09 Army Corps Liable For Katrina Flooding
11-18-09 House Natural Resources Committee Approves Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act
11-14-09 NWF Supports Strategy to Keep Carp Out of Great Lakes
11-14-09 Coalition Supports Plan to Prevent Asian Carp Invasion
11-12-09 Arctic Sea Ice Slow to Recover, Near Record November Low
11-05-09 President Obama Signs Historic Great Lakes Initiative
11-05-09 EPW Advances CEJAPA
11-04-09 Michigan Sportsmen Sound Alarm About Global Warming
11-04-09 Tribal Leaders Address Climate Impacts, Clean Energy Bill On Eve of White House Conference
10-30-09 U.S. Congress Passes Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
10-29-09 Halloween Rally Exposes Big Oil Tricks, Promotes Clean Energy Treats
10-28-09 NWF President Larry Schweiger Testifies Before Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
10-28-09 Action by U.S. House, Senate Paves Way for Great Lakes Restoration
10-27-09 Sens. Bingaman, Baucus, Whitehouse and Udall Champion Legislation To Address Climate Impacts on Wildlife and Natural Resources
10-27-09 Real Life Vampires Dont Wait For Halloween To Be Blood-Thirsty
10-23-09 Hundreds of Local Students Demand Climate Action at Floridas Regional Power Shift Summit
10-22-09 Obama Administration Proposes Critical Habitat for Polar Bears
10-15-09 Congress Holds Hearing on New Environmental Education Bill
10-13-09 Where the Wild Things Are Opens This Week - A Great Time To Gets Kids Outdoors To Check Out The Wild Things Where They Live
10-09-09 Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Timely Reminder of Global Opportunity to Confront Climate Change
10-07-09 Midwestern Governors Release Clean Energy Jobs Roadmap
10-06-09 Where The Wild Things Are and National Wildlife Federation Team Up for Launch of Be Out There Campaign to Get Kids Outside
10-02-09 Invasive Species Rule Put Forward by U.S. Coast Guard Flawed
10-01-09 Flood Insurance Program Threatens Endangered Sea Turtles
09-25-09 U.S. Senate Approves $400 Million for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
09-24-09 Congresswoman Lois Capps Introduces New Environmental Education Bill
09-16-09 College Presidents Flock to D.C., Urge Senate to Pass Clean Energy Bill
09-11-09 Day of Remembrance NWF Green the Block Answer DC Call to Service
09-10-09 Ten Western Habitats Threatened by Drilling
09-10-09 Coalition Gathers in Duluth to Advance Great Lakes Restoration
09-04-09 NWF Unveils Clean Energy Bill of Rights
09-02-09 Time Out - Outdoor Time Fuels Classroom Performance
09-02-09 And You Think You Deserve A Labor Day Holiday
08-25-09 Global Warming Bringing More Extreme Heat Waves; More Extremely Hot Days Projected
08-20-09 Coalition Reacts to EPA Great Lakes Restoration Plan
08-19-09 Administrative Judge Upholds Controversial Mining Permit in Michigan
08-05-09 NWF Celebrates United We Serve’s Energy and Environment Issue Week in Nation’s Capital
07-31-09 At National Urban League Conference, NWF Highlights How Clean Energy Will Accelerate a New Generation of American Jobs
07-22-09 Top 10 Tips to Be Out There and Manage Mosquitoes
7-20-09 Obama Announces Investment In Community Colleges
07-17-09 NWF & MWF Laud Senator Tester’s Restoration Forestry Bill
07-14-09 New Report Underscores Need To Restore Great Lakes
07-14-09 NAACP Joins the Fight for Clean Energy
07-07-09 New Report: Great Lakes Wetlands Remain at Risk
06-26-09 Great Lakes Restoration Advances in U.S. House of Representatives
06-19-09 Key Great Lakes Initiatives Advance In Congress
06-18-09 Senate Moves to Restore Strong Protection for America's Waters
06-10-09 Consevation Leaders Gather in New Orleans to Discuss Restoring Iconic US Waters
06-03-09 Obama Administration Names Great Lakes Coordinator
06-01-09 Rally for Restoration Marks First Day of Hurricane Season
03-13-09 Corps of Engineers Holds Diversion Summit
03-11-09 Groups Tell Corps to Plan Faster and Protect Communities
02-27-09 Groups Praise Commitment to Coastal Louisiana Restoration