Flora & Fauna
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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 -
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
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