by Gary Chandler | Nov 17, 2020 | Biodiversity, Endangered Species
Government Must Promote Biodiversity, Not Private Interests Colorado and the entire American West have gone through a massive transformation over the past 150 years. Westward expansion came at the expense of Native Americans, wildlife, forests and entire ecosystems....
by Gary Chandler | Jan 20, 2020 | Biodiversity, Deforestation, Endangered Species
Half Of Global GDP Dependent On Nature Ecosystems around the world are on the verge of collapse. Deforestation alone is promoting extinction and climate change. It is a planetary emergency. Humans have wiped out 83 percent of wild mammals and half of all plants and...
by Gary Chandler | Sep 2, 2019 | Biodiversity, Forest Conservation
Deforestation A Global Crisis For the first time in history, deforestation is becoming global news. It’s about time. Deforestation generates about 20 percent of greenhouse gasses, which contribute to global warming and climate change. Deforestation also cripples our...
by Gary Chandler | Nov 11, 2018 | Biodiversity, Public Lands, Wildlife Conservation
Watersheds Vital To Homeland Security The United States has about 640 million acres of public lands—an area more than seven times larger than Germany. If America needs a wall for defense, we need it around our public lands—which are critical to our heritage...
by Gary Chandler | Jan 15, 2018 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Deforestation
Deforestation Throwing Fuel On The Fire Deforestation generates about 20 percent of greenhouse gasses and cripples our planet’s ability to filter carbon dioxide from our air. Unfortunately, deforestation also threatens entire watersheds, endangered species and...
by Gary Chandler | Jul 18, 2017 | Biodiversity, Wildlife Conservation
Killing Predators Undermines Science By Vic Van Ballenberghe In 1994, Alaska’s Legislature passed the Intensive Management Law intended to increase populations of moose, caribou and deer and thereby provide increased harvests for hunters. Hunting...
