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  • Jan 10, 2025 | nrdc.org | Alisa Opar

    Across the country, wildfires torched some 8.9 million acres of land in 2024, and within the first week of this year, tens of thousands of acres of Southern California went up in flames. Their impacts were not limited to communities directly in their paths. The harmful smoke produced when trees and other organic materials burn can travel hundreds to thousands of miles from the actual flames—and have consequences for air quality along the way.

  • Mar 26, 2024 | audubon.org | Alisa Opar

    The wide range of structures available for purchase means everyone can find one that’s the cat’s meow. Words by Alisa Opar Features Editor, Audubon Magazine If every owner in the country prevented their cats from roaming free, scientists estimate that hundreds of millions of birds would be saved annually. And yet many people want to give their beloved pets time outside. A catio (“cat patio”) provides a safe way to do just that.

  • Mar 26, 2024 | audubon.org | Alisa Opar

    According to the tracking app on my phone, the cat was in the alley, right in front of me. He should’ve been easy to spot: He’s bright white and, for the past week, he’d been sporting a blue GPS collar, which I’d selected to match his eyes. I peeked behind a dumpster and under a discarded truck topper, but didn’t see him, so I stepped on a junk tire for better vantage into a yard, then froze.

  • Mar 26, 2024 | audubon.org | Alisa Opar

    Build an enclosed oases that allows your feline to enjoy time outside without posing a danger to wildlife or encountering hazards himself.

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Alisa Opar
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21 Aug 24

RT @NicoSGonzalez: Instead of addressing and correcting several Unfair Labor Practices that the NLRB has found Audubon very much guilty of,…

Alisa Opar
Alisa Opar @alisaopar
21 Aug 24

RT @thebirdunion: The @audubonsociety’s staff union is going on strike! An independent group of current and former Audubon workers have lau…

Alisa Opar
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18 Aug 24

RT @thebirdunion: Gloria Middleton, president of @CWALocal1180, told the Bird Union rally today that even after years of negotiating w/big…