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Save Wildlife; Save Our Climate
Congress is currently considering important climate change legislation. With your input at this pivotal time, we can help ensure the new policies protect wildlife from the tropics to the tundra.
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Warm house, cool planet
With fall here, it’s time to think about how to keep your home warm enough for winter, without putting too much of a tax on your wallet, or the planet. Seal any openings to the outside, like window leaks or gaps between floors and walls, and consider installing insulation. New York City offers “Waste Less” tips for improving your home heating systems.
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Rocking the BoatRocking the Boat uses the uncommon mediums of traditional wooden boatbuilding and on-water education to help young people in the South Bronx succeed in life. Five levels of community and youth development programs operate during the fall and spring academic semesters and over the summer. The programs directly serve over 2,500 students and community members. WCS supports the participants' work to learn about and restore the Bronx River, which includes monitoring local oyster reefs, fish, and salt marshes.
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Red-necked Phalarope by Steve Zack
Red-necked Phalarope
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SAVING WILDLIFE
THE BIRDS OF
ALASKA
Climate change reshapes an Arctic nursery
When most people think of the Arctic coastal plain, they picture a big, flat place. Dr. Steve Zack, coordinator of the Arctic Program for WCS, says the image isn't far off. But, he adds, "What's plain, by general description, is anything but."
Steve Zack Interview
Watch an interview with Dr. Zack on his work to conserve North America's greatest migration spectacle.
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During the short Arctic Alaskan summer, Zack arrives in time with millions of migrating birds that come to breed. On this fertile tundra, he witnesses every type of bird courtship, from the lifetime pair bonds of swans to the "annual monogamy" of ducks. In shorebirds called phalaropes, Zack notes that the females have no parenting role except to provide a variety of potential fathers with a nest of eggs. On the opposite end of the spectrum, in buff-breasted sandpipers, males try to pique the interest of females with fancy displays.
"Either they're lucky or they're not," says Zack, "but after consorting with the females, they'll take off and fly all the way back to southern South America."
Though Zack counts on seeing these winged courtships each summer, when and where he will see them is less certain. Climate change is forcing birds to migrate north almost a full day earlier each summer, impacting long-ingrained seasonal rhythms. Rising seas flood fresh-water marshes and dry out lakes and ponds that the birds depend on for food. Zack and his colleagues are working to study the climate trends on the roof of the world, and to identify key areas for its conservation.
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Bighorn Sheep by Julie Larsen Maher
Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS
Two hundred years ago out here in Yellowstone, bighorn sheep were a common sight. Today, after decades of overhunting, competition with livestock, and habitat loss, just a couple hundred remain in the park. On an afternoon hike through the Lamar Valley, we get a lucky glimpse of a group of bighorn rams at rest. This one doesn't seem fazed by his human observers. I abide by the park's photography rules, use my long telephoto lens, and stay back 25 yards. The sheep seems to be giving me a smile to say I got it right.
– Julie Larsen Maher, WCS Staff Photographer
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SAVING WILD PLACES SPOTLIGHT
Redwoods by Julie Larsen Maher
©Julie Larsen Maher
Earth's tallest forest–the redwoods of California–has inspired pioneers and explorers, speculators and scientists for generations. Not only are the redwoods some of the most massive living things on Earth, they are also among the oldest. But beginning with the days after the California Gold Rush in 1848, when America's appetite for timber began to grow, many of these ancient trees have been reduced to ancient stumps.
WCS's long history of field work in northern California began with a walk through the redwoods in 1917 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, one of our founders. In 2008, WCS conservationist J. Michael Fay undertook his own hike through the woods to continue a legacy of forest conservation.
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