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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Otter habitat in Florida's panhandle is under threat. 🦦 Dredging the Apalachicola River would further damage an already fragile environment. 📲 Take action today to keep Florida’s Apalachicola River flowing and healthy for river otters: support.nwfactionfund.org/page/1026…
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank you Rep. Debbie Dingell for your leadership supporting birds no matter where they are! The Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026 passed the House, and will enable the Urban Bird Treaty Program to conserve the birds that live & migrate through cities & towns.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"The federal government owns and operates eight dams, and 320 consecutive miles of reservoir, on the lower Snake and Columbia Rivers. Snake River salmon and steelhead must traverse this ponded gauntlet twice, going to sea and then returning." Read the article: ow.ly/rJ2r50ZOw1Z
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Good Energy Jobs Act has been introduced in the House and Senate! 👷‍♀️ Thank you Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Rep. Paul Tonko, and Senator Martin Heinrich for your leadership supporting high-quality jobs that benefit communities and build America’s clean energy future.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thank you Reps. Case & Moylan for taking action against invasive species! The House passed the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act of 2025, which will protect wildlife and their habitats from invasive species across the country.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨Last summer, over 13k of our supporters spoke out against the proposal to repeal regulations on power plant emissions. 🏭 But yesterday the EPA finalized the rule that will allow pollution from power plants to go unchecked, harming wildlife, the climate, & public health.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our wetlands provide vital habitat for migrating ducks, geese, and cranes. 🦆 Now, a proposal to weaken an important wetland safeguard could result in the destruction, draining, and filling of vital wetland habitats. 📲 Take action: ow.ly/34bZ50ZMIr6
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The NPS is considering a land swap to give acreage from Yosemite to a private real estate developer in exchange for another parcel of land. 🏞️ The potential impact on wildlife like the state-endangered great gray owl is immense. 🦉 Take action: ow.ly/6wQ350ZMHKq
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🌊 Happy 10th Anniversary to the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts! Dive deep with scientists & storytellers on Sept 15 (12pm ET) to explore deep-sea ecosystems, whales, and underwater wilderness. Live Q&A included! 🐋 🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/bdeh2w9
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨Last week, over 1 million gallons of highly toxic natural gas liquids from Line 5 leaked in Iron County.🛢️This threatens public health and wildlife like trumpeter swans, who were brought back from total extirpation in Northern Wisconsin. Take action📲 ow.ly/raqC50ZIVlR
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you to our 11K+ activists who commented to save wetland habitat for ducklings! 🦆 The Fish & Wildlife Service announced that for now, it's maintaining current standards for protecting Prairie Pothole wetland easements to safeguard the region where over half of all ducks in America are born.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There are thousands of oil & gas wells scattered across lands where black-footed ferrets and other species make their homes. Tell @Interior to hold companies financially responsible for protecting wildlife like black-footed ferrets from oil & gas wells: ow.ly/Bmky50ZBEsk
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz just issued an executive order that aims to protect the Boundary Waters from a toxic copper mine in order to safeguard important wildlife habitat, clean drinking water, and an outdoor recreation economy that supports 17,000 jobs. 🚨
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Forest Service scientists study fish, wildlife & their habitats to inform land management and address threats like habitat fragmentation, wildfires & climate change. 🌲🌳 Speak up for sound scientific research to continue to recover wildlife: ow.ly/8RB150Zz1QF
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We can protect and restore salmon and steelhead AND provide affordable and reliable energy. Make your voice heard: Share this post and let public utilities know you support smart, affordable energy solutions that allow our salmon to thrive. Learn more at wildsalmon.org/SmartEnergyFutureNW
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Work has started on destructive border security measures in Big Bend National Park. 🚧 Say NO to physical barriers that will disrupt wildlife migration, fragment habitats, and jeopardize river access and public lands: ow.ly/BwHC50ZzyU4
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Critical Forest Service research that helps reduce wildfire risk, restore forests, protect watersheds, and conserve wildlife would stop. 🌲 Please urge Congress to stand up for strong support for the Forest Service research program: ow.ly/Y4m750ZyzJs
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's not too late to block threats to migrating whales' survival from seabed mining off the coast of Virginia. 🐳 Please sign and share today: ow.ly/FKc150Zyyg7
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Congress has reintroduced a bill to remove #carbonpollution from the air 🏭🌎 Thank you to Senators Sheldon Whitehouse & Chris Coons and Representatives Scott Peters & Paul Tonko for supporting carbon removal strategies to protect wildlife and people from excess pollution already altering our climate.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📢 Announcing NWF Action Fund's new Executive Director! Michael Washburn, an experienced conservation leader and nonprofit executive most recently at the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, is a proven bridgebuilder and advocate for wildlife, people, and the environment.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨Speak out today to help conserve habitat that supports more than half of the waterfowl in North America. 🦆 The USFWS comment period ends on August 7. Join Jamalea in telling the government to keep current protections in place. Take action📲 ow.ly/zal550Zx8EH
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If funding for scientific forest research is cut off and key facilities are closed, crucial research to save wildlife will cease—and fishers will lose. 🌲 Urge Congress to strongly support the U.S. Forest Service research program: ow.ly/NXkU50ZwfiQ #forests #forestservice
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📢 A win for piping plovers and the Great Lakes! 🌊 The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline tunnel permit and ordered a more rigorous environmental review. 👏
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The administration issued an executive order to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by 3 MILLION acres. 🦌🏜️ This ignores the will of the people and could jeopardize sacred Indigenous cultural heritage sites and important wildlife habitat in Utah.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you to our over 16,000 activists who spoke out to protect clean, safe drinking water, wildlife, and the environment from the threat of toxic #foreverchemicals! 💧 We will keep advocating for protections that safeguard the health of people and wildlife from pollution. #PFAS
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Strip mining" of our ocean’s seabed would destroy seafloor habitats and harm marine wildlife through dredging, toxic sediment plumes, and industrial noise and light pollution. 🌊 Say NO to seabed mining: ow.ly/47MZ50ZqQkz
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Legacy Restoration Fund can protect this all. 🏞️ Take action to urge your Representative to vote YES to pass this crucial funding for wildlife and public lands: ow.ly/x7aB50ZqfHl #wildlife #publiclands #legacyrestorationfund
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You can take action on PFAS 📲 ow.ly/icn250ZoZl6 Tell the EPA: Do not roll back regulations that protect the health of people, wildlife, and the environment from toxic #PFAS "forever chemicals"
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The construction of a physical border wall threatens bears & all wildlife that depend on migration corridors in the Big Bend region of Texas. 🐻🏜️ Tell Congress there are ways to maintain border security without building a wall that threatens wildlife & public lands: ow.ly/kAWr50ZoY9r
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sea turtles, lynx, whooping cranes & countless other species depend on healthy habitat across our public lands & waters.🏞️ But that habitat has been degraded & fragmented in recent years. Urge your representative to vote YES on the Legacy Restoration Fund: ow.ly/s3fj50ZnpX4
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#BearsEars & #GrandStaircase-Escalante are extremely important for Indigenous communities, while providing invaluable wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities, and the fuel for rural economies. 🧗‍♀️🦅🌲 The proposal also undermines the Antiquities Act. 🚨
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, don’t let our nation’s conservation science be eroded by politics. 🦅 A new proposal would sideline experts & allow political motives to determine how federal tax dollars for wildlife are spent. Speak up: ow.ly/6aKC50ZmbKM
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Toxic forever chemicals known as #PFAS are polluting lakes, rivers, and streams across all 50 states, putting the health of people and wildlife at risk. 🛢️💧There's no time to waste, tell the EPA NOT to remove protections against forever chemicals. 📲 ow.ly/8BjR50ZmcKn
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A new proposal would take power from expert scientists, allowing politics to determine how federal tax dollars intended for #wildlife #conservation are spent. Don’t let political motives hijack help for #endangeredspecies. 🦅 ow.ly/26mo50ZlMe9
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Waiving environmental protections to build a physical border wall through Big Bend National Park threatens ALL wildlife that depend on open landscapes to survive. Tell Congress that the border can be secure without destroying important wildlife habitat: ow.ly/nHRy50ZkQmc
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Take action to defend the health of people & #wildlife from chemical exposure 🐬 Forever chemicals negatively impact immune systems, reproduction, the liver, & more in many species—from wood ducks, to sea turtles, to mammals like bottlenose #dolphins. 📲 ow.ly/jfn150ZhhRa
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Today, the United States is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 🎆🦅 Are you ready to get more involved in your community but not sure what to do? Read the NWF blog for our suggestions for acting locally: ow.ly/tZcP50ZhbpH
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Our national parks & federal lands are national treasures. 🏞️ But federal public land agencies saw some of the largest workforce and funding cuts in 2025, threatening our country’s natural areas as well as our national, state & local economies. More at ow.ly/MvWy50ZhBgV
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Because of their high electricity demand, data centers are straining the energy grid and driving up household costs across the country. 🏡💡 Clean energy is central to the solution. Read more:📲 ow.ly/qkXn50Zgt0v
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Exposure to toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" from drinking water and the environment is linked to many health issues for both people and wildlife. Urge the EPA NOT to take away regulations that protect the health of people and the environment from PFAS. 📲 ow.ly/kxbF50ZhyxY
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A massive #datacenter complex in Memphis illegally installed almost 30 polluting gas turbines---without completing environmental reviews or community input. This could become the norm if the @EPA moves forward with its proposal. Take action today: 📲 ow.ly/tBEv50ZgqvG
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This #PollinatorMonth, join us in applauding our recent Monarch Champions! 🦋🤝 The #MayorsMonarchPledge program designated 8 new U.S. cities as Monarch Champions to recognize the tremendous effort to enhance quality habitats for monarch butterflies. See the list on Facebook.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Proposed funding cuts and office closures threaten US Forest Service research and the wildland firefighters who rely on it. 🌲👨‍🚒 Forest Service workers and National Federation of Federal Employees members joined six House Representatives Wednesday to uplift this critical work.
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It's #NationalPollinatorWeek! Take action for native bees 🌼🐝 Urge your Senators to ensure the upcoming Farm Bill supports healthy habitats for native bees and all wildlife on farm and ranch lands—including songbirds, prairie chickens, and pronghorn 📲 ow.ly/RrZr50Zg02E
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The proposed #Line5 oil pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac puts clean water for people & wildlife in jeopardy. Live in #Michigan? Urge Michigan's EGLE to deny Enbridge the permits they need to complete the project. 📲 ow.ly/NT9c50ZfTTm
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Native bees are the primary insect pollinators for food crops across most of our country. 🐝 We can’t afford to lose them! The Senate will work on a new Farm Bill this summer. Make sure the bill includes measures to improve & support conservation programs: ow.ly/PAwB50ZcnI2
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
19,136 of our supporters spoke up for polar bears in the Arctic 🐻‍❄️ We now must urge these same companies to make a commitment to avoid drilling in important wildlife habitat or where Tribal cultures will be harmed: ow.ly/aLX550ZbPVr
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The most recent attempt to strip protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante has failed 🏜️ Thank you to everyone who took action to save Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument! #GrandStaircase #Utah #GoodNews #wildlife #publiclands
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It's #PollinatorMonth—take action for native bees! 🌼🐝 Will you urge your Senators to ensure the upcoming #FarmBill supports healthy habitats for #nativebees and all #wildlife? ow.ly/cP0250ZaFaX
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National Wildlife Federation Action Fund @wildlifeaction.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: Trump just opened three marine monuments to destructive industrial fishing. These areas are vital for protecting whales, sea turtles, sharks, and sensitive ocean ecosystems. This is an egregious attack on our public waters. #ProtectOurOcean #MonumentsForAll 🌊
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