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The Salt Pond Puzzle: Restoring South San Francisco Bay http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/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. No publisherNick NeelyWetland restorationSnowy ploverCaitlin Robinson-NilsenIndustrial salt pondsMigratory birdsCalifornia gullSan Francisco Bay Bird ObservatorySouth Bay Salt Pond Restoration ProjectHabitat restoration2012-08-14T20:25:11ZNews ArticleOn the prowl with Oregon's pygmy owls http://www.hcn.org/articles/on-the-prowl-with-oregons-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.No publisherNick NeelyJohn Deshlerpygmy owlsconservationsensitive speciesForest Park ConservancyPortland's Forest Park2012-07-16T17:21:31ZNews ArticleAlien life, it turns out, is much closer than Mars http://www.hcn.org/wotr/alien-life-it-turns-out-is-much-closer-than-mars California's Mono Lake is home to creatures almost as otherworldly as the landscape around them. No publisherNick Neelymicrobiologistsextraterrestrial lifeMono Lakearsenic-eating bacteriaalien lifeFelisa Wolfe-Simon2011-02-02T15:21:24ZNews ArticleA visit to a ghost town in San Francisco Bay http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/a-visit-to-a-ghost-town-in-san-francisco-bay The federal government has decided to let the tides take what's left of the San Francisco Bay ghost town known as Drawbridge.No publisherNick NeelySan Francisco Bayearly railroad townsDon Edwards National Wildlife RefugeWestern ghost townsStation IslandDrawbridge, CaliforniaWestern historyGeorge Mundershietz2010-12-03T15:54:26ZNews ArticleDam removal for dummies http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.19/dam-removal-for-dummies A how-to guide to free-flowing rivers, with illustrations from Oregon's recently removed Gold Ray Dam. No publisherNick NeelyGold Ray DamRogue Riverdamssalmondam removalsteelhead2010-11-10T19:27:54ZNews ArticleCase in point http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.12/case-in-point Archaeologist Bonnie Pitblado uses a program modeled on Antiques Roadshow to introduce scientists to the artifacts collected by Westerners.No publisherNick NeelyLeeAnn HartnerClovis peopleprehistoric peopleartifact collectingBonnie Pitbladoarchaeology2010-07-23T18:16:51ZNews ArticleAn infestation of the imagination, in a bark beetle lab http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.11/an-infestation-of-the-imagination-1 Reagan McGuire uses the lessons he learned as a pool shark to tackle the problem of rampaging bark beetles.No publisherNick Neelybark beetlesentomologyacoustic stressReagan McGuireRichard Hofstetterinsect sounds2010-06-30T15:43:18ZNews ArticleReduce, reuse, re ... steelhead? http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.7/reduce-reuse-re-...-steelhead In Oregon, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife carefully “recycles" hatchery-raised steelhead.No publisherNick Neelysteelheadfish hatcherieswild steelheadKirk SchroederOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife2010-04-20T19:07:57ZNews ArticleEligible mustangs http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/eligible-mustangs In an effort to adopt out more wild horses, the Bureau of Land Management starts posting ads online.No publisherNick Neelywild horse contraceptionwild horsesBLM wild horse managementenvironmental newsmustang adoption2010-04-13T22:33:46ZNews ArticleThe smoke police http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.4/the-smoke-police Simon Winer patrols the San Francisco Bay Area, sniffing out violators when poor air quality requires a ban on wood-smoke fires.No publisherNick Neely2010-03-03T18:31:30ZNews ArticleOne long haul http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.3/one-long-haul Huge trains have begun hauling uranium tailings from a site near Moab, Utah, to a repository 30 miles away in Crescent Junction.No publisherNick NeelyCold Waruranium tailingshazardous waste cleanupAtlas uranium mill2010-02-17T21:34:04ZNews ArticleCatch-and-release at HCN http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.2/the-intern-catch-and-release-program New HCN interns Nick Neely, Lisa Song and Rachel Waldholz; former intern Cally Carswell returns; Marty Durlin leaves HCN to write plays; and thoroughly chilled visitors.No publisherLisa Song, Rachel Waldholz and Nick Neely Cally CarswellPaonia, ColoradoNick NeelyMarty DurlinRachel WaldholzLisa SongHigh Country News2010-02-05T08:55:25ZNews Article