The family Trochilidae comprises upwards of 340 species and 116 genera. Hummingbirds are truly all-American birds, because they live nowhere else on Earth but the Americas. A federal judge has ruled that a developer accused of illegally filling protected wetlands ignored government orders and discharged pollutants into 54 acres of natural marshes and bogs. The Environmental Protection Agency alleged there were 146 acres of natural wetlands at five sites near Midland before developer John A. Rapanos, his wife Judith A. Nelkie Rapanos and several corporations with which they were associated began construction activities there in 1988. Trail workers can volunteer for several CDT projects in some of nation's most scenic and ecologically diverse wilderness areas, including Bob Marshall, Bridger-Teton, Mt. Zirkel, Weminuche, South San Juan, and Aldo Leopold.
Volunteers can pick from single-day outings to weeklong backpacks.
By David Skillman One benefit of living in the United States is our access to vast public lands that are home to a plethora of diverse ecosystems and habitats. Oregon alone boasts nearly 200,000 acres of national parks and nearly 2 million acres of wilderness. By Andrea Pawlyna Threatened by pollution, shipping traffic and overfishing, only 80 to 140 dolphins remain in Hong Kong's waters. It is our hope that lawmakers will be able to maintain their bi-partisan enthusiasm for this measure, rising above partisan politics to set their sites on the restoration and renewal of a resource unlike any other. The very thought of it can make you itch.