Saving Sea Turtles From Extinction: Turtle Friendly Outdoor Lighting Solutions
Improper outdoor lighting is one of the greatest issues affecting sea turtles - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Let's face it... light pollution and sea turtles just don't go together. Many species are on the verge of extinction... and improper outdoor lighting is a major cause. Not quite sure how this can be? Let's look into this a little further...
Female turtles return to the same area to nest each year. If they return and find bright outdoor lighti...
Garbage in its Place
There is nothing worse than seeing garbage blowing down the street of your neighborhood, or finding broken shards of glass at the local swimming hole where children play. Wildlife is just as vulnerable to garbage and many have lost their lives after becoming tangled in waste or mistaking garbage for food. It is up to each of us to make an effort to minimize this unsightly, and sometimes hazardous, problem.
Bird-Watchers Flock To Florida Beaches
There's now another good reason a growing number of bird-watchers are flying toward Florida beaches.
Trumpeting An Elephant's Success
One conservation group has worked to help ensure that elephants are not forgotten--and recently, it has celebrated some enormous successes.
Conservation
Aldo Leopold was influenced by Pinchot. Their beliefs differed, but they were both passionate about what they did. Leopold believed in the spiritual factors of nature, while Pinchot looked at the resources of nature. Leopold said that man and nature were equal parts of the world. Nature does not need to be conquered. Leopold impacted the movement because he was able to introduce a compromise. He believed in preserving nature for its spiritual factors. He was able to compromise with others who believed that the land needed to be used. They were able to create parts of the land that would be untouched and other parts that would be able to be used by man.
Why Does The Sky Glow At Night?
Have you ever noticed that the night sky is no longer inky black and full of stars like it used to be? In its place is a strange, orangy glow. The strange orangy glow is a form of light pollution referred to as sky glow.
African Safaris boast spectacular wildlife
When you are in Africa, you will obviously want to see animals.
Water Conservation Ideas for the Kitchen Sink
It can sometimes be difficult to visualize the importance and direct effect that simple conservation efforts can have when we are bombarded with negative information regularly. Lets take a look at what a few changes in the activities around the kitchen sink can do.
ESSAY SAMPLE ON "A LOOK AT THE CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY"
The foreshadowed Market Failures of the mid 1970's gave way to Corporate Average Fuel Economy, regulation which would call for new standards in automobile fuel efficiency. The market failures hinged on a number of outside variables which could have had a drastic effect on domestic markets.
Essay – Global Warming
An essay – global warming can be an eye-opener towards the danger posed by the surface temperature over the earth increasing alarmingly. Over the last 100 years, it has risen by 0.74 degrees centigrade and is showing signs of rising further, if something is not done about it. Change in temperature has posed severe danger in many forms. On Nov. 29, 2006, The Guardian reported that global warming is storing great amounts of heat in the waters of the North Atlantic.
Pond Weed Clean-Up, A Neighborhood Effort
After answering several inquiries from other towns regarding the success of Sluice Pond Association at eradicating weeds from the pond, this article describing the process might help others in Massachusetts and New England . Sluice Pond is a 50+ acre body of water with approximately 165 homes that abut the pond. We knew that finding funds would be necessary after we had a formal evaluation of the weeds and an estimate for treatment costs while protecting the fish, wildlife and recreational use.
