New Jersey

The nets are up and the turbines are soon to replace them. See how progressive leaders in the world of big fish are rewarding their skippers with clean energy shares instead of nylon fish snares.

Stay tuned, this is another illustration of your tax dollars at work, and maybe this time, for the good.

Even as President Bush this week pledged to increase funding for national wildlife refuges, the Canadian Government is slashing its Canadian Wildlife Service, including cuts to key wildlife monitoring programs -- some by as much as 70%! Nature Canada is urging people to write to Prime Minister Harper to demand a fully supported wildlife service.

A woman who paddled her outrigger canoe from Florida to Maine to promote ocean conservation was met by a flotilla of small boats Friday as she completed her 2 1/2-month journey in the harbor of Camden, Maine. The 40-year-old mother of two set out on her solo coastal venture on May 7 in a 20-foot outrigger canoe that she said was made in China. Following the Intracoastal Waterway and hugging the Atlantic coast, Pellegrino paddled about 40 miles a day and stopped at 74 communities.