Flora & Fauna
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Multimedia
Rantcast: Bringing back the mammoths
Mike Branch explores the idea of Pleistocene rewildling, or bringing back the megafauna that roamed North America before humans extinguished them.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Sep 02, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
A once-proud conservation group has lost its way
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is waging war against wolves -- and alienating its supporters.
by Dave Stalling, Aug 30, 2012 -
Current
Saving threatened Utah prairie dogs -- on private property
Can a new approach to conservation help landowners and endangered species coexist?
by Nathan Rice, Aug 28, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Even pests have a purpose
We should celebrate the recovery of the California condor, but raise a glass for a lost louse.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, Aug 23, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Just don't call the condors wild
I'm glad condors are flourishing, but with all the cosseting they receive, they're not really wild.
by Steve Herman, Aug 20, 2012 -
Letters
Sleuthing swifts in Indiana
by Frank Hanou , Aug 19, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
"Friending" nature
Using social media and citizen science to track the tiger beetle in New Mexico and Arizona
by Sharman Apt Russell, Aug 16, 2012 -
Uncommon Westerners
In search of camas, a Native American food staple
Botanist Madrona Murphy traces long-lost edible wild plant gardens cultivated by the Pacific Northwest's Coast Salish.
by Eric Wagner, Aug 15, 2012 -
Feature
The Salt Pond Puzzle: Restoring South San Francisco Bay
The unintended consequences of the most ambitious wetland recovery project on the West Coast -- and the tough choices biologists may face as they try to balance the competing demands of rare species.
by Nick Neely, Aug 13, 2012 -
Letters
Hail the ab
by Scott McKay, Aug 05, 2012 -
Editor's Note
Not "pristine", but still wild and unpredictable
In this new, human-dominated epoch, the "Anthropocene," every attempt at restoration is likely to be filled with tough and risky choices.
by Cally Carswell, Aug 05, 2012 -
Sidebar
Historic plant cultivation in Northwest native tribes
Lying to rest a dispute over whether tribal reliance on fish meant they did not garden.
by Eric Wagner, Aug 05, 2012 -
Uncommon Westerners
Save a chimney, save a swift
As their natural roosts disappeared, Vaux's swifts turned to old, brick chimneys for refuge during long migrations. Those safe havens are disappearing, too. Luckily, the swifts -- and the chimneys -- have found a champion in Larry Schwitters
by Eric Wagner, Jul 23, 2012 -
News
On the prowl with Oregon's pygmy owls
Biologist John Deshler knows more about pygmy owls than just about anyone. Writer Nick Neely spent a fascinating day with Deshler tracking, capturing and measuring the owls in Portland's Forest Park.
by Nick Neely, Jul 13, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
A different voice on the phone
The author's weary 21-year-old son, who has always wanted to be a firefighter, shares his frustrations from the fire lines.
by Linda Ball, Jul 02, 2012
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