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Editor's Note
We give four stars to An Incovenient Truth, film’s first serious look at global warming.
By David Seideman
Audubon
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Audubon and its partners are working to save Long Island Sound.
By
John Flicker
Letters
Field Notes
Glen Canyon rises again; new protection for the spotted owl; Alaska’s vanishing lakes; more.
Profile
Al Gore's Second Chance
Saving the planet is a tall order, but the ex-VP just might be the man for the job.
By Andrew Lawler
Migrations
To the Shores of Montezuma
Protecting a New York wetlands crucial to migrating waterfowl and shorebirds.
By Kenn Kaufman
Incite
Plum Foolish
As developers set their sights on Maine’s north woods, the stakes extend well beyond the northeast’s last great wilderness.
By Ted Williams
Earth Almanac
Dragons on the wing; “tuna” of the desert; a salamander to the rescue; hairy business.
By
Ted Williams
Audubon at Home
Suburban Renewal
Reclaiming America’s prairie heritage, one backyard at a time.
By James McCommons
Reviews
Appetite for Destruction
Eating ethically and changing the world.
By Kathleen McGowan
Journal
Swamp Muse
Observations on an elusive butterfly in Louisiana’s wetlands.
By Gary Noel Ross
One Picture
Eye Appeal
Seeing eye to eye with a parrotfish.
Photograph by Dos Winkel/Text by Les Line
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Introduction
Take the High Road
There are a lot of things that make a travel destination the right choice, because in the end, how you go is just as important as where you go.
Peru
Last Resort
With a little extra time and effort, you’ll be deep in the Peruvian Amazon, in a place ruled by caimans and anacondas, seven-foot otters, chattering monkeys, and birds to match every color of the rainbow.
By Alex Shoumatoff/
Photography by Mattias Klum
Cover
photo by Mattias Klum
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Alaska
Power Lunch
Sure, life’s a little bare-bones when you visit this camp on southwestern Alaska’s McNeil River. But hearing a brown bear eat a salmon will forever change your idea of luxury.
By Jeff Fair
Australia
The Original Oz
It’s vast, rugged, and stunningly beautiful. Australia’s Northern Territory, with rivers alive with giant crocs, deserts ringing with birdsong, and a culture rich with aboriginal tradition, is truly a place like no other.
By Rene Ebersole
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