Editor's
Note
Now, as anti-environment forces push their agenda in Washington, it's
vital that Auduboners stand up and be counted.
by David Seideman
Forum
Dear Mr. President . . .
We asked 16 prominent thinkers, from E.O. Wilson to Ralph Nader, a
single question: What should President Bush do for the environment?
Contributors
Audubon
View
Love of nature is best learned young, which means environmental education
is more important today than ever.
by John Flicker
Letters
Field
Notes
The Bush team takes aim at the Clinton roadless forest plan; New York
gets tough on backyard pesticides; dam-busting in Oregon; and San Francisco
skull sessions.
edited by David Seideman
Journal
Amazing Grace
It began as a simple plan to remove a small dam but ended up revealing
much about nature's ability to heal.
by Kathleen Dean Moore
Incite
Golden Eagles for the Gods
The Hopis want the right to take eagles in national monuments. Why
are the Feds helping them out?
by Ted Williams
Earth
Almanac
The seasonal buzz, from the flight of the bumblebee to turkey talk
to the return of a tiny yellow nonnative.
by Ted Williams
Birds
One Tough Duck
Despite its reputation for tenacity, the hardy harlequin is perilously
close to becoming a sitting duck.
by Frank Graham Jr.
Audubon
in Action
A victory for sharks; an Ohio oasis; an Auduboner of diverse talents.
edited by Keith Kloor
Ask
Audubon
Do spiders get caught in their webs? What happens to evergreens in
winter? Is a platypus really a mammal?
by Carolyn Shea
Reviews
Charting New Territories
A biography of John Wesley Powell; two troubling tales of men and fish.
by Christopher Camuto
One
Picture
Portrait of a bovine-headed ray with an insatiable appetite for mollusks.
by Les Line
photo by Henry Horenstein |
Galápagos
Now
From fishing fights to a terrible fuel spill, the recent news from
the Galapagos has not been good. Still, argues one reporter who recently
returned from the islands, this magical archipelago is holding its own.
by Susan McGrath
photography by John Huba
On
Common Ground
George Pataki of New York, a man with a lifelong love and respect for
the land, has earned a reputation as one of the country's most environmentally
progressive governors.
by David Seideman
Photography by Michael O'Neill
The
Odd Bird of the Rainforest
It eats like a cow, swims before it can fly, and claws its way to the
top. Meet the decidedly un-elementary hoatzin.
by Carolyn Shea
Green
House
For many of us, the keys to turning down the earth's thermostat can
seem as hazy as a distant cloud. But not the Foley family, for whom the
battle against global warming starts at home.
by Brian Lavendel
photography by Paul Elledge
On
the Nectar Trail
Usually, we protect land to protect species. But in the Sonoran Desert,
even protected habitat won't survive if we can't save the lesser long-nosed
bat, the white-winged dove, and the other migratory pollinators upon which
America's lushest desert depends.
by Gary Paul Nabhan
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