The Silver Bullet?
Outside Magazine just featured Conservation Hawks in a piece titled, "Do Hunters Hold The Silver Bullet For Climate Change Consensus?"
Take a look - we think you'll like the story.
Take a look - we think you'll like the story.
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Heading For The Extremes
May 05 2013 09:26 AM Filed in: Climate Change
A new study suggests that wet areas will get wetter, dry areas will get dryer and moderate rainfall will become less common. We never thought we'd see the day when climate change would mimic U.S. politics, but with political partisanship increasing and moderation decreasing, it looks as if politics and climate change are following the exact same trajectory.
New ABC Climate Video
Apr 29 2013 10:35 AM Filed in: Climate Change
ABC has released a short but extremely well done climate video. Take a look and see what you think.
CH Climate PSA: End Of The Season
Mar 25 2013 08:58 AM Filed in: Hunting | Climate Change
Outdoor News Radio
Conservation Hawks Chair Todd Tanner was on the Outdoor News radio program recently with host Rob Drieslein, discussing climate change and its impacts on hunters and anglers. Here's the link. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section.
Seriously? It's Not Getting Warmer?
If you’ve ever talked to friends, family members or co-workers about climate change - or if you listen to A.M. talk radio or watch Fox News - you may have heard the claim that “There hasn’t been any global warming since 1998.”
Let’s shine a little light on that assertion. According to NASA, 12 of the 13 warmest years on record have occurred since 2000. We may not be rocket scientists ourselves, but when NASA tell us that 12 of our 13 hottest years have happened since the planet supposedly “stopped warming,” it’s not too hard to figure out who’s right and who’s wrong.
So what does this mean for sportsmen? Well, depending on where you hunt or fish, a warming planet can mean:
*Stronger storms.
*More extreme wildfires.
*Deeper droughts.
*Warmer water temperatures.
*Changing waterfowl migration patterns.
*Reduced access to deer and elk.
*Snowpack that arrives later and leaves earlier.
*Lower stream oxygen levels.
*Reduced nesting success for upland birds & waterfowl.
*More pine beetles.
*More dying forests.
*More mosquitoes and ticks.
*Increased disease and pathogens.
*More heat stress on hunting dogs.
*More coastal erosion & loss of wetlands.
*More severe flooding.
*More invasive species.
*A loss of core wildlife habitat.
*Shifting home ranges for both fish & wildlife.
*Earlier spring runoff.
*Lower nutritional values for vegetation.
*Impacts of ocean acidification on saltwater and anadromous fish species.
*Coral reef die-off.
*Reduced fish & game populations.
There’s a reason we’re focused on climate change and its impacts on hunters and anglers, and it’s not because we enjoy reading scientific reports or talking about CO2 levels. At the end of the day, everyone who loves to hunt and fish has a choice to make. Do we work to overcome the biggest threat that sportsmen have ever faced, or do we turn our backs on the problem, and on our kids & grandkids?
As far as we're concerned, that's a pretty easy choice to make.
Let’s shine a little light on that assertion. According to NASA, 12 of the 13 warmest years on record have occurred since 2000. We may not be rocket scientists ourselves, but when NASA tell us that 12 of our 13 hottest years have happened since the planet supposedly “stopped warming,” it’s not too hard to figure out who’s right and who’s wrong.
So what does this mean for sportsmen? Well, depending on where you hunt or fish, a warming planet can mean:
*Stronger storms.
*More extreme wildfires.
*Deeper droughts.
*Warmer water temperatures.
*Changing waterfowl migration patterns.
*Reduced access to deer and elk.
*Snowpack that arrives later and leaves earlier.
*Lower stream oxygen levels.
*Reduced nesting success for upland birds & waterfowl.
*More pine beetles.
*More dying forests.
*More mosquitoes and ticks.
*Increased disease and pathogens.
*More heat stress on hunting dogs.
*More coastal erosion & loss of wetlands.
*More severe flooding.
*More invasive species.
*A loss of core wildlife habitat.
*Shifting home ranges for both fish & wildlife.
*Earlier spring runoff.
*Lower nutritional values for vegetation.
*Impacts of ocean acidification on saltwater and anadromous fish species.
*Coral reef die-off.
*Reduced fish & game populations.
There’s a reason we’re focused on climate change and its impacts on hunters and anglers, and it’s not because we enjoy reading scientific reports or talking about CO2 levels. At the end of the day, everyone who loves to hunt and fish has a choice to make. Do we work to overcome the biggest threat that sportsmen have ever faced, or do we turn our backs on the problem, and on our kids & grandkids?
As far as we're concerned, that's a pretty easy choice to make.
New Climate Bill In Senate
Feb 15 2013 08:46 AM Filed in: Climate Change
Senators Boxer and Sanders introduced a new climate bill in the Senate yesterday. What do you think of a bill that taxes carbon at the source and then rebates 60% of the money directly to the American public? (Sounds like the other 40% would go toward green energy development.) Are they on the right track? And if a bill like this went through, would you spend your check on hunting & fishing gear, or something else?
Here's the link.
Here's the link.