Flora & Fauna
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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 21, 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 -
Writers on the Range
The hoof stops here
A proposal to reopen slaughterhouses in the U.S. for old, unwanted, abandoned or wild horses is a cruel and foolish idea.
by Mae Lee Sun, May 01, 2012 -
Sidebar
How conservation works south of the border
Maps, photos and text describe some of the federal and private, nonprofit work in Northwest Mexico to preserve imperiled landscapes and a rich diversity of plants and animals.
by Ray Ring, Tony Davis and Talli Nauman, Apr 29, 2012 -
Editor's Note
Mexico’s conservationists keep fighting the good fight
Despite a constant lack of money and the threat of drug-cartel violence, dedicated border conservationists work to preserve the landscape they love.
by Ray Ring, Apr 29, 2012 -
Sidebar
Map of conservation areas in Mexico
A map with numbers corresponding to highlighted conservation areas described in a sidebar article
by Cindy Tolle, Tutuaca Mountain School, Apr 29, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
The truth about wolves is hard to find
Some hunters claim wolves are killing too many deer and elk in northwestern Montana, but the facts indicate otherwise -- although those facts are easily lost in all the emotional rhetoric.
by Christina Nealson, Apr 26, 2012
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