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Audubon View
After a quarter-century of dedicated service to Audubon, the not-so-retiring Donal C. O’Brien steps down.
by John Flicker

Editor's Note
In Audubon, the story’s incomplete without a solution.
by David Seideman

Letters

Field Notes
Colorado’s missing lynx; Pale Male conquers Manhattan; remembering Richard Pough; ephemeral IBAs; more.

Profile
Guadalupe Gumshoe
Nevada Barr is the poet laureate of the national parks.
by Les Line

True Nature
An Underwater Ark
Humble eelgrass has a starring role in coastal ecosystems.
by Christopher Solomon

Journal
What's the Stink About Skunks?
Thoughts on a much-maligned, misunderstood mammal.
by Jeff Hull

Incite
The Exhausted Sea
How to fix our oceans policy? Here’s a two-letter answer.
by Ted Williams

Earth Almanac
Autumn’s blazing beauties; flounders take sides; leaving no stone unturned; bats and butterflies on the move.
by Ted Williams

Audubon in Action
Q&A with chairman Donal O’Brien; bird banding at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary; state and chapter news.

Reviews
A founder of ecological restoration states his case.
by Keith Kloor

Backyard
Good to the Last Drop
Your rain garden can reduce pollution and help wildlife.
by Janet Marinelli

One Picture
A tree slakes its “thirst” on the Yucatán Peninsula.
photograph by Sally Gall
text by Les Line



forests
Land of the Giants
Alaska’s Tongass National Forest is big in every way—from its trees to its bears to its 16.8 million acres. But if the logging industry gets its way, it could mean big trouble for one of the world’s last temperate rainforests.
by Ted Kerasote

fish conservation
Spawning Hope
The salmon wars are raging all across the Pacific Northwest. But on Washington’s Dungeness River, onetime foes, in an all-too-rare atmosphere of common sense and mutual respect, have crafted a solution that everyone can live with.
by Susan McGrath
photography by Brian Smale,
Susan Middleton & David Liittschwager

photo essay
The Age of Aquarium
In their new book, photographers Len Jenshel and Diane Cook explore both the splendors of the oceans and the compelling ways we put them on display.
photography by Len Jenshel and Diane Cook
text by Jennifer Bogo

Cover photo by Susan Middleton and David Littschwager

grassland ecology
Fire in the Sky
In April 2002 a long period with little fire came to a dramatic end at the Appleton-Whittel Research Ranch in southeastern Arizona. But through the billowing smoke could be seen the salvation of this little-known ecosystem.
by Keith Kloor

photography by Michael Lundgren

bird conservation
Living on the Edges
As sprawl spreads and open-space initiatives come to the fore, the effects on birds are becoming clearer. Armed with this new body of information, researchers are designing landscapes that can help, not hurt, native species.
by T. Edward Nickens
photography by Mitch Epstein


 
 


 

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