California elementary school students are helping raise $10M to save a bald eagle habitat from development
When students at John Baldwin Elementary School in Danville, California heard that a wildlife area near the nest of a pair of viral bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, was at risk of being developed, they immediately wanted to help.
The students wrote letters to community members, celebrities, and lawmakers, posted flyers, and picked up leaves, washed cars, held bake sales, and more to raise money in support of an effort to purchase and protect the land.
That effort is being led by the nonprofit Friend of Big Bear Valley, which has so far raised over $2.68 million since Feb. 19 toward its $10 million goal so the San Bernardino Mountain Land Trust can buy the land.
Why is this good news? Even beyond helping protect and preserve this critical bald eagle hunting and habitat area, these students are learning from an early age that we can turn our care and passion into real-life action that matters and makes a difference.
According to The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, puffins are having a record-breaking breeding year.
Every year, the conservation nonprofit does boots-on-the-ground research to count every single puffin on Skomer Island in Wales, setting out with binoculars and a notepad in hand to record all puffins in sight.
This year, 52,019 puffins were counted on Skomer Island in Wales, beating the island’s 2025 record of 43,626.
The report came as a relief to The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales, after high numbers of seabirds and marine life across southern Europe washed ashore last season. A spokesperson for the nonprofit said, “It’s a very pleasant surprise to see the puffin population thriving.”
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