tag: conservation

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Battle to Preserve Baja’s Whale Nursery Celebrated, but Threats Remain
A decade after a proposed saltworks in the whale's habitat was scrapped, those involved in the fight look back -- and forward to ongoing challenges.
Comments (2) | March 8, 2010
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Famous Frogs That Escaped California Fire Threatened by Mudslides, Red Tape
Mark Twain wrote about them, and they narrowly escaped one of California’s worst natural disasters in decades. But now heavy rains and bureaucracy could doom these threatened frogs.
Comments (3) | January 15, 2010
reviews

Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution
Caroline Fraser's new book reports on vast conservation projects that are turning Europe's former Iron Curtain into a greenbelt, renewing elephant routes throughout Africa, and linking protected areas from the Yukon to Mexico and beyond.
Comments (1) | January 8, 2010
open space

Make Way for the Movable Beast
Elephants and lions used to roam the Great Plains, and some scientists would like to put them back. But can we really hope to restore the world to its "original" state?
Comments (0) | May 28, 2009
reviews

Made for Each Other
George Black reviews Made for Each Other
Comments (0) | February 27, 2009
dispatches

Going, Going, But Not Quite Gone
Beneath the surface of the Sea of Cortez swims the world's smallest porpoise and one of the planet's most endangered species
Comments (1) | December 1, 2008
dispatches

Launching Capitalism 2.0
Longtime NRDC trustee Shelly Malkin is a conservationist who feels at home painting wildlife in Africa and scaling the red rock walls of Zion National Park in Utah
Comments (0) | December 1, 2008
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Hard Choices: George Black on Compromise and the Conservation Ethic

Comments (0) | March 25, 2008
living green

Why I Still Believe in the Zoo
One unusually warm day in November, I took my 10-year-old daughter, Moriah, to the San Francisco Zoo.
Comments (5) | February 29, 2008
frontlines

The Opposite of Collateral Damage
When we think of the impact of war on the environment, our first thought is usually of degradation.
Comments (0) | March 1, 2007