MISSION ELFIN

Four people moved slowly through seven acres of blue wildflowers at the Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The…

Rhode Island River Revival

To celebrate National Rivers Month, we asked Tim Mooney, marketing and communications manager for The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island to share some good news about rivers in The Ocean State. An avid hiker and birder, he managed two of the Conservancy’s flagship nature preserves…

The Return of a River

Today we’re hearing from guest blogger, Bill Tanger, chairmember of Friends of the Rivers of Virginia, who will be sharing the story of the Pigg River Dam Removal.

In 1915, an entrepreneur in Rocky Mount, Virginia built a dam for the area’s first electricity. The…

First Micmac Fish Harvest

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a unique relationship with federally-recognized Native American Tribes, as do all Federal agencies. This relationship is defined by treaties, statutes and agreements, and differs from relationships with state and local governments. In fact…

Kids Dig in the Dirt to Save Pollinators

Pollinators are in peril, but with the help of Union Elementary they will have a safe home in Upshur County, West Virginia. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Partner’s for Fish & Wildlife Program in West Virginia teamed up with Union Elementary to install…

Stairway to Fish Heaven

To the casual observer, the Bradford Dam may appear to be one with nature. The dark gray stone is weathered and chipped from over 200 years of holding back the Pawcatuck River’s flow, and green shoots have wormed their way into the structure, prying pebble-sized bits loose.

Putting conservation on the map in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Last month, my boyfriend and I were driving west on I-88 in New York on our way to Ithaca to visit friends when we passed a sign announcing: “Entering Chesapeake Bay Watershed.”

Yield of Streams: If you remove it, they will come

Little feet tread through slushy April snow and approach the railing, peering over the edge of the bridge into the cold, flowing water of the Shawsheen River in eastern Massachusetts.