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Editor's Note
Choosing “sustainable cuisine” can be hard, but when you get down to it, the earth is what we eat.
By David Seideman

Audubon View
The states step up to protect clean air and water.
By John Flicker

Letters

Field Notes
Global warming hits the big screen; faith-based fracas at the Grand Canyon; aerial law enforcement; and more.

Journal
Marsh Light
A lovely lake or a messy marsh—which would you choose?
By Rick Bass

Incite
Sludge Slinging
Every time industry tries to push coal mining’s toxic legacy under the rug, Jack Spadaro is there to pull it back out again.
By Ted Williams/Photograph by Katherine Lambert

Earth Almanac
Our loveliest moth; speed merchant of the West; an ugly relict; a malodorous turtle; and the bard of soft spring nights.
By Ted Williams

The Auduboner
Q&A with Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, chair of Audubon New York; an award-winning plover program in California; an IBA in western Alaska; chapters work to save raptors.

Birds
Now or Never
In the desert of Peru, an unusual partnership is taking up the cause of the unusual—and extremely endangered—plantcutter.
By Catherine Elton

Reviews
Oil, Toil, and Trouble
There’s more than just global warming in our fuel future. As the world’s oil wells run dry, war and political chaos loom.
By Keith Kloor

One Picture
A dramatic look at prairie fire—devastating and essential.
Photograph by Larry Schwarm/Text by Les Line



audubon at home
A Taste for Conservation
Americans’ eating habits are changing, for the good of their health and the earth’s. Leading the charge is a corps of pioneering chefs. Meet four of them here.
By Gretel H. Schueller

endangered species
Last Stand
As the Vancouver Island marmot nears the point of no return—there are fewer than 30 of them left in the wild—disparate groups are taking desperate measures to save the animal.
By Alex Markels/Photography by David Liittschwager

photo essay
Ghost Lake
Photographer David Maisel records the toxic beauty of California’s Owens Lake, etched on the landscape in a kaleidoscope of colors and patterns.
Photography by David Maisel/Text by Hillary Rosner

Cover photo by Rodney Smith

audubon center
Recovery Room
Over the years Audubon of Florida’s Center for Birds of Prey has treated 14,000 sick or injured raptors. A visit with the center’s dedicated professionals and volunteers can be a decidedly uplifting experience.
By Frank Graham Jr./Photography by Eugene Richards

bird conservation
Clarion Call
That the vibrant song of the Kirtland’s warbler still rings through the forests of northern Michigan is proof that the Endangered Species Act does work. Now, is there enough political will to stay the course?
By Les Line/Photography by Ron Austing


 
 


 

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