Flora & Fauna
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Writers on the Range
Bison deserve a home on the range
What better place to let bison run free than Montana's Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge, especially since that animal so greatly inspired the artist?
by Tom France, Jun 21, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Safari Club and the NRA aim to gut wilderness
The so-called "Sportsmen’s Heritage Act" is just another attempt to destroy the Wilderness Act and the land and wildlife it protects.
by Talasi Brooks and Kevin Proescholdt, Jun 20, 2012 -
Current
Surveying the oft-snubbed (and very cool) spider with citizen scientists
Volunteers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Colorado Spider Survey help scientists gather important data by roaming nooks and crannies across the state, finding and cataloguing Colorado's myriad spiders.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, Jun 14, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Fire on the mountain
A New Mexican watches Whitewater-Baldy fire burn the Gila National Forest, and even as it changes a place she loves, her ecologist self cheers it on.
by Martha Schumann Cooper, Jun 14, 2012 -
Letters
Let gravity do its thing
by Jessica Hall, Jun 10, 2012 -
Letters
Three cheers for Emily Green
by Mike Evans, Jun 10, 2012 -
Current
On the hunt for abalone poachers in Northern California
Don Powers, of the California Department of Fish and Game, spends his days relentlessly pursuing abalone poachers who can't seem to resist the chance to bring in some illegal shellfish cash.
by Matt Jenkins, Jun 10, 2012 -
Letters
L.A.'s wild underbelly
by Joshua Link, Jun 10, 2012 -
Essays
Dancing with wolverines
A wolverine snuffling at your throat commands your attention, even if you're in a relatively safe enclosure at a clandestine refuge for the animals.
by JoAnne Tompkins, Jun 08, 2012 -
Current
Dead trees, biodiversity, and the black-backed woodpecker
Forests ravaged by fires and beetles are unlikely havens for certain species, including the rare black-backed woodpecker.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, May 27, 2012 -
Feature
L.A. activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps
When Camron Stone realized that an oak forest was about to be bulldozed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, he started fighting back.
by Emily Green, May 20, 2012 -
Current
Bark beetle kill leads to more severe fires, right? Well, maybe
The connection between bark beetle outbreaks and Western forest fires is more complicated than it might appear.
by Gail Wells, May 13, 2012 -
Editor's Note
The delights of urban wilderness
The sometimes-scruffy remnants of woodland that edge our urban neighborhoods have psychological as well as ecological value.
by Paul Larmer, May 13, 2012 -
Feature
Los Angeles' watershed is more sediment than dumping grounds
by Emily Green, May 13, 2012 -
Feature
A Mexican rancher struggles to shift from cattle to conservation
In Northwest Mexico, rancher Carlos Robles Elías works hard to make his Rancho El Aribabi into an oasis of biodiversity, despite the challenges of a sagging economy and rampant drug cartel violence.
by Tony Davis, May 06, 2012
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