(Source: Bacardi Limited) Hamilton, Bermuda, March 25, 2014 – Water is key to the production of BACARDÍ rum. On average, it takes 12 liters of water to create one liter of any distilled spirit. At the BACARDÍ distillery’s island home in Puerto Rico, water conservation is an important component of the Bacardi Limited sustainability commitment. […]
Water scarcity was, until recently, considered by most of the developed world to be like James Hilton’s Lost Horizon: “far away, at the very limit of distance.” However, the convergence of aquifer depletion from increasing agricultural, industrial and municipal water use with more frequent and intense extreme weather events creates an urgency to develop new, […]
(Source: The Wilderness Society) The Wilderness Society strongly opposes H.R. 1459, a bill that would undermine the ability of presidents to use the Antiquities Act to protect public lands that have significant historic, cultural or conservation value. This bill is scheduled for a vote in the House later this week. President Theodore Roosevelt pushed for […]
(Source: New Zealand Government) Test results showing the presence of Phytophthora taxon Agathis (PTA) or Kauri dieback disease in the Whangapoua Forest just north of Whitianga is a major concern, Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy say. “This is a serious blow to our efforts to conserve kauri and protect […]
(Source: Department of Conservation of New Zealand) Test results showing the presence of Phytophthora taxon Agathis (PTA) or Kauri dieback disease in the Whangapoua Forest just north of Whitianga is a major concern, Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy say. “This is a serious blow to our efforts to conserve […]
(Source: Department of Conservation of New Zealand) One hundred of New Zealand’s largest geckos are leaving the Mercury Islands to find a new home on Motuihe Island, just 16 km from downtown Auckland. Duvaucel’s gecko This Sunday (30 March 2014), Duvaucel’s geckos will join other threatened wildlife already on Motuihe in the Hauraki Gulf Marine […]
(Source: State of California) The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has named Livermore resident Lorrie Ambrosino as the 2013 Hunter Education Instructor (HEI) of the Year. For more than 16 years, Ambrosino has taught the principles of conservation, ethics and firearms safety to hundreds of students, enabling them to obtain hunting…
(Source: James M Inhofe) Monday, March 24, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) March 31 deadline on the listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC), U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today sent a letter to remind […]
(Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) Bass are back at Lake Trafford News Release Monday, March 24, 2014 Media contact: Katie Johnson, 850-556-2269; Bob Wattendorf 850-488-0520 After nearly a decade, fishermen are finally catching noteworthy bass in Lake Trafford again. The good news comes after years of habitat problems for the lake in northwest […]
(Source: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) March 24, 2014 CALL TO ACTION: Only Four Days Remain to Urge NOAA to Protect Captive Orca Lolita! Hurry! There are only 4 days left to send your comments to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) urging them to provide the captive orca, Lolita, with Endangered Species Act protection! […]
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