By Harriet Blake
Green Right Now
Geoff LeBaron gets paid to count birds, among other things. And this is an especially busy time of year for him and all bird watchers. From Dec. 14 through Jan. 5 the National Audubon Society conducts its annual Christmas Bird Count. LeBaron has served as its director since 1987.
“It’s neat to be able to work for the National Audubon Society in this [endeavor] that brings birding and ornithology together,” LeBaron says, explaining that ornithologists like himself are trained scientists who study what birds do, while birders are folks, also like himself, who are captivated by watching birds. Not all ornithologists, he points out, enjoy birdwatching as a pastime.
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Slideshow: ‘Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World’
Here are selections from “Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World,” a 40-piece traveling photo exhibit featuring the works of top nature photographers. Read the story: Irreplaceable Wildlife: Exhibit Pictures Species In A Warming World
Grizzly bear | Photo by Leo Keeler
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Wal-Mart Joins WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network; Announces Responsibility Goals For Jewelry
By Barbara Kessler
Wal-Mart Stores is joining the Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN), 
World Wildlife Fund’s initiative to save the world’s most valuable and threatened forests. The giant retailer also announced this week that it is moving toward making some of the jewelry it sells meet standards for sustainability and social responsibility.
Both steps are aimed at aiding the environment, with dual goals of assisting wildlife in jeopardized forests, and in the case of the jewelry, mitigating human rights issues in mining operations.
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Tags: · endangered wildlife, forests, sustainable mining, sustainable wood, Wal-Mart, WWF
“It’s neat to be able to work for the National Audubon Society in this [endeavor] that brings birding and ornithology together,” LeBaron says, explaining that ornithologists like himself are trained scientists who study what birds do, while birders are folks, also like himself, who are captivated by watching birds. Not all ornithologists, he points out, enjoy birdwatching as a pastime.