Audubon articles from March 2001

Audubon archives from March 2001

Editor's note.(Editorial)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... DAVID BRODER, THE WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST AND DEAN OF THE Washington press corps, once exhorted his colleagues in "the world's freest press to become activists." At Audubon, we take pride in sharing the commitment of our readers to making a...

audubon view.(Editorial)
March 1, 2001... DEAR AUDUBON MEMBER: "HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS," WROTE EMILY DICKINSON. I WOULD add that hope includes fur, fins, branches, and all the other living parts of nature. We Auduboners love being outdoors, in nature. But more important,...

letters.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2001... We the People I RECENTLY RECEIVED THE JANUARY-February issue of Audubon. Let's look at who creates the demand for forest products ["The Future of Our Forests"]. It's the people. Would the loggers, foresters, etc. harvest the forest and...

The Road Less Traveled.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, THEODORE Roosevelt stood at the rim of the Grand Canyon and implored, "Leave it as it is." In January that rallying cry echoed throughout America's national forests, as President Bill Clinton approved a U.S. Forest Service...

MISS CHIQUITA TAKES A STAND.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Her hat was adorned with a Carmen Miranda-esque assortment of fruit; her lipstick, fire-engine red. The real-life Miss Chiquita recently appeared at the Copacabana, New York City's tropical watering hole, to celebrate a milestone: The...

PENGUINS WOBBLE, BUT THEY DON'T FALL DOWN.(Antartica birds)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... For decades, British military pilots flying over the South Atlantic island of South Georgia have reported penguins tipping over as they watch aircraft passing overhead. Now Richard Stone of the British Antarctic Survey is studying the impact of...

BARK AS BIG AS ITS BITE.(beetles feast on Alaska)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The spruce bark beetle has literally eaten itself out of house and home in south-central Alaska, where it has destroyed about 3 million acres of white spruce forest. "This is the largest beetle infestation ever recorded in the history of North...

THE GOLDEN RULE.(new law in New York for the chemical industry)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... IF, AS ROBERT FROST ONCE NOTED, good fences make good neighbors, so does notification. This March, one of the toughest laws of its kind in the country goes into effect in New York State. Introduced by Assemblyman Thomas Di-Napoli (D-Nassau) and...

WWF SMACKDOWN!(gladiators against animals)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The World Wildlife Fund has challenged the World Wrestling Federation to a match in the English High Court over use of the initials WWF. Founded in 1961, the WWF (wildlife) alleges that the WWF (wrestling) violated a secret 1994 agreement...

A Dam-Busting Bullitt.(Harriet Bullit, radio broadscaster)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... HARRIET BULLITT RECALLS SPENDING dong Icicle Creek, listening to thrash in the stream. "Other recalls, "I would dive into the water and look for their shadowy forms under the rocks." That was in the 1930s. Grand Coulee Dam had just been...

Picking Up Bones.(Raymond Bandar, scientist)
March 1, 2001... Raymond Bandar strides over the dunes at Ano Nuevo State Reserve, on California's central coast. Male elephant seals the size of Volkswagen Bugs snort as he breezes past. "Thank goodness he's not here for me," they seem to say as they watch him...

Amazing Grace.(breaching a dam a saving a fish)
March 1, 2001... Ten years ago, before it was the fashion, one woman blew up a dam--and learned about forgiveness. THREE MILES DOWNSTREAM from the covered bridge on the Marys River, there used to be a dam. The Marys is a small river west of the Cascade...

Dear Mr. President ...
March 1, 2001... For the first time in eight years, we have a new man in the White House. GEORGE W. BUSH presides over a divided nation, but one thing is clear: Most Americans want the environment protected. We asked 16 scientists and other thinkers a single...

GALAPAGOS now.(islands off the coast of Ecuador)
March 1, 2001... Charles Darwin, who visited these islands in 1835, based his theory of evolution on the riotous diversity he found. The diversity is still here, but so are alien species, tourists, and increasingly restive fishermen. Can the Galapagos ecosystem...

On Common Ground.
March 1, 2001... He may not act or look like his hero Teddy Roosevelt, but GEORGE PATAKI does a pretty fair imitation of him as a conservationist. By dint of his determination and knack for forging consensus, New York's governor has preserved more than a...

The ODD BIRD of the RAINFOREST.(hoatzin )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... It eats like a cow, swims before it can fly, and claws its way to the top. MEET THE HOATZIN... With its spiky head plumes, vermilion irises, and electric-blue facial skin, the hoatzin (pronounced "what-seen") sports the mien of a flashy,...

GREEN HOUSE.
March 1, 2001... FEELING HELPLESS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING? FIND OUT HOW ONE FAMILY CUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS BY 65 PERCENT--AND HOW YOU CAN DO THE SAME. Three years ago climatologist Jonathan Foley and his wife, Andrea,...

On the NECTAR TRAIL.
March 1, 2001... POLLLINATORS, the hardworking heroes that help produce the food we eat. are in steep decline. Rebuilding their international highways of pollen could help save them. THE SUN HAD SET ON THE FIFTH STRAIGHT DAY ON WHICH TEMPERATURES HAD...

EXPLORE Minnesota WILDLIFE.
March 1, 2001... IT IS SAID that only half of the traveler's delight is in being there -- in the wild, in the moment, one with Nature. The other half is in the sharing of the experience with friends... in the telling of sights seen, howls heard. And what...

Tough Duck.
March 1, 2001... Denizens of rocky; turbulent waters, harlequin ducks are nimble swimmers and divers par excellence. Still, one oil spill could transform this tenacious little bird into a sitting duck. I FELT A FAMILIAR TINGLE OF PLEASURE AS I WATCHED a...

NAUTICAL NUISANCE.(Michigan Audubon Society challenges the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's building plans)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society's current development plans have been hit with a cold splash of water by the Michigan Audubon Society. According to a pending lawsuit filed by the chapter, the historical society's plan calls for...

PAINT BLASTERS.(Schoodic Audubon chapter challenges Cutler Naval Base's method of removing polychlorinated biphenyls laden paint)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... There isn't a military force in the world that would want to take on the U.S. Navy. But Steve Crawford, president of the Schoodic Audubon chapter in Maine, has battled the Cutler Naval Base for the past six months over the cleanup of its...

Sharks Score a Win.(Shark Finning Prohibition Act is passed)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... FINALLY, SHARKS ARE FREE TO ROAM U.S. waters--no longer at risk of losing their fins. Last December, in the closing hours of its final session, the 106th Congress managed to pass a law that prohibits shark finning--the gruesome practice of...

DODGING A BULLET.(federal lands are open for everybody)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... CALL IT CLASSIC OVERKILL BY THE lock-and-load crowd. Though hunting is already permitted on federal lands (a policy supported by Audubon), the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its congressional allies recently sought to mandate hunting as...

Audubon ARCHIVE 1920.(Migratory Bird Treaty Act is upheld by the Supreme Court in 1920)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The U.S. Supreme Court gives Audubon its greatest victory on April 19, 1920, when it upholds the legality of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Audubon's goal of stopping the unrestricted slaughter of American birdlife had been attained with...

E-TROOP TO THE RESCUE.(scrub jay get another chance with the help of school children)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... After learning that the endangered scrub jay was in dire straits, the Eco-Troop at Pelican Island Elementary School in Sebastian, Florida, quickly sprang into action. Armed with hot dogs, T-shirts, mugs, and the support of the Pelican Island...

WRONG CHANNEL.(society helps to stop it before any more is done, Sandusky, Ohio)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... When Barnes Nursery won permission to dig a channel in Sheldon Marsh, a sensitive wetland in Sandusky, Ohio, the ostensible purpose was to create deep-water habitat for nesting birds. But members of Audubon's Firelands chapter suspected that in...

Nature's Surveyor.(Cynthia Kobak, environmentalist)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... IT IS NEARLY DUSK AS CYNTHIA KOBAK SITS AT HER COMPUTER, gearing up for her annual environmental-education workshop. But the Cooper's hawk swooping down over her driveway is competing for her attention. After all, this is the time of day when...

Oasis in Ohio.(the Marie S. Aull Education Center )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... TO MANY LONGTIME VISITORS, THE TOWERING ASH AND WALNUT trees that stood like sentries outside the Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm in Dayton, Ohio, had become as familiar and special as the 43-year-old center itself. Now, though the trees were...

2020 Vision.(1,000 nature centers planned)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... One of Audubon's newest and most important initiatives is to establish a network of 1,000 nature centers across the country by 2020. Each center will combine science, education, and conservation action appropriate to its location. Audubon's...

Have Binoculars, Will Travel.(Bob Turner will show you the way)(Abstract)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... From the Arizona desert to the Arctic tundra, Bob Turner has enthralled Audubon members for years with his knowledge of avian ecology. But before he became a popular bird guide, Turner was Audubon's Rocky Mountain representative for more than...

The Great CANADIAN OUTDOORS.
March 1, 2001... Vast and varied, Canada offers a spectacular range of travel options--especially for those who love the great outdoors. Think about it, here's a land that's bordered by three oceans... has over a million lakes and rivers... and includes...

ASK AUDUBON.(letters)
March 1, 2001... Why don't spiders get entangled in their webs? Linnea Saukko, Hilliard, Ohio ARACHNOPHOBES MAY DERIVE a modicum of satisfaction from learning that spiders can indeed get caught in their own webs. But these arachnids also have...

A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell By Donald Worster. Oxford University Press, 673 pages, $35. ACCORDING TO DONALD WORSTER, John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey down the Green and Colorado rivers "was one of the greatest...

The Last Great Sea: A Voyage Through the Human and Natural History of the North Pacific Ocean.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Last Great Sea: A Voyage Through the Human and Natural History of the North Pacific Ocean By Terry Glavin. Greystone Books, 244 pages, $3495. DESPITE CENTURIES OF MISUSE that have decimated once fabulous populations of marine mammals...

The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Great Gulf: Fishermen, Scientists, and the Struggle to Revive the World's Greatest Fishery By David Dobbs. Island Press/Shearwater Books, 206 pages, $24.95. DAVID DOBBS INVESTIGATES TWO great gulfs in this important book--the troubled...

art of the wild ...(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Socrates, who once said, "Beauty has a short-lived reign," would have quickly changed his tune upon leafing through the exquisite pages of Ancient Microworlds (Custom & Limited Editions, $65). In this fascinating book, Giraud Foster and Norman...

one picture.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A SQUARISH, DEEPLY INDENTED, AND RATHER BOVINE HEAD SETS THE COWNOSE ray apart from other "flat sharks," a colloquial name for large, free-swimming rays that move along warmer ocean shores in schools and have an insatiable appetite for clams,...