Legendary wilderness warrior, rewilding pioneer, and NumbersUSA friend Dave Foreman died this past September 19 at the age of 75 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mother Earth lost a diehard defender and the United States a formidable fighter for rational population and immigration policies cognizant of environmental limits.
Herman Daly, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and one of the leading ecological economists of his generation, passed away last week. Read NumbersUSA scientific director Leon Kolankiewicz's tribute to a brilliant thinker and a wonderful man.
Fewer flocks and feathers grace our skies, forests, coasts, grasslands, and deserts these days. That's not just a coincidence. As human population increases and millions of acres of natural lands and habitats are permanently altered or lost to development, the survival of our avian neighbors is threatened.