Drilling
Sagebrush Showdown
The gas companies are sinking wells into the high desert of Wyoming as fast as they can move their trucks. But will a besieged bird, much like the spotted owl before it, knock a commercial juggernaut off the tracks?
By Keith Kloor/Photography by Andrew Geiger
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Photo Essay
Haunting Beauty
A photographer from Nebraska’s big sky country journeys to the Everglades and offers a fresh look at south Florida’s  sawgrass prairies.
By Joel Sartore/Text by Ted Levin
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Incite
Beach Bums
National parks and seashores are supposed to be for the preservation of natural places. So why are ORVs allowed to ride roughshod over North Carolina’s Outer Banks, threatening beach-nesting birds and people alike?
By Ted Williams/Photography by John Loomis
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Habitat
Cork Screwed
Next time you buy a bottle of wine, think about what’s under the foil as well as what’s in the bottle. The wine
industry’s move away from natural cork and toward artificial stoppers threatens both a sustainable ecosystem
and an enduring way of life.
By Susan McGrath/Photography by Francesco Lagnese
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Cover photo by Andrew Geiger