Audubon articles from November 2001

Audubon archives from November 2001

(Editor's note).(Wayne Mone's account of September 11th, 2001)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
November 1, 2001... WAYNE MONES, A 17-YEAR AUDUBON SOCIETY VETERAN WHO WORKS IN the development department, was taking his commuter bus to work September 11 through New York City's Financial District when the world as we know it came crumbling down. "I saw a plane...

(Audubon view).(President John Flicker, National Audubon Society)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
November 1, 2001... DEAR AUDUBON MEMBER, ON SEPTEMBER 11 OUR STAFF AT AUDUBON HOUSE, IN LOWER MANHATTAN, watched in horror as terrorists destroyed the nearby World Trade Center. We were fortunate. Everyone here and in our Washington, D.C., office was safe....

Murky deal. (Restoration).(wetland recreation mitigation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, WITH SUBURBAN sprawl continuing to eat away at the country's remaining wetlands, an apparent win-win compromise emerged: Developers would be permitted to pave over sensitive wetlands to build a roadway or housing subdivision,...

Mirror, mirror, in the sea. (Reports).(New York Aquarium dolphin perception research)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Presley and Tab, two resident male dolphins at the New York Aquarium, not only got a good look at themselves this past year, they demonstrated that they knew exactly who they were looking at. During research led by the Wildlife Conservation...

A river runs wild, again. (Reports).(Colorado River, tree planting by Native Indians)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The lower Colorado River is in such sorry shape--with four huge dams and countless water diversions--that even many environmentalists consider it a lost cause. But don't tell that to the Colorado River Indian tribes. In the past five years...

Distrubing the peace. (Reports).(ducks rescued by Vancouver Police Officer Ray Petersen)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Ray Petersen, who works for the Vancouver police department, wasn't sure how to respond to a duck that marched up to him and nipped at his trousers. "I had just gotten out of my patrol car and the duck came running straight at me," says...

Cloning for conservation. (Genetics).("champion" trees)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... LIKE TREES IN MANY URBAN AND rural forests, those in Arlington National Cemetery have taken a beating in recent years, battered by storms, insect infestations, pollution, and other afflictions. After normal replanting couldn't stem the trees'...

Killer dust. (Pollution).(storms from Sahara desert affecting Caribbean coral reefs, research)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... PICTURE A THICK, WHITISH HAZE--REALLY, an enormous cloud of dust more than 1,200 miles long--advancing, from Mongolia to such distant locales as Calgary, Alberta; Aspen, Colorado; and Miami, Florida. Meanwhile, NASA scientists scramble to track...

Wasting away. (Pollution).(garbage output evaluation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... It's taken 40 years, but the Disposable Age may finally be turning a corner. In the 1990s the average American's garbage output finally began to decrease (dropping to 4.46 pounds a day in 1998) after a 70 percent rise between 1960 and 1990...

Rage against the green. (Reports).(angry loggers trained in conflict management, Vancouver, Canada)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... On September 15, 1999, angry loggers attacked a camp of environmentalists in a forest north of Vancouver, British Columbia, sending three people to the hospital. Nearly two years later a Provincial Court judge sentenced five of the attackers,...

Avian flakes. (Reports).(blue jays use chips of house paint as source of calcium)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... At first, scientists at Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology didn't know what to make of reports of blue jays hammering at the sides of houses. But observant homeowners helped solve the mystery: In winter, blue jays have been seen...

Forget the shark at Grand Canyon. (Sustainable Cuisine).(chefs concerned about consequences of overfishing)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... YOU CAN VIEW THE EXQUISITE BEAUTY of the Grand Canyon from the elegant restaurant at the El Tovar Hotel, but don't expect to see some of your favorite fish--including Chilean sea bass, bluefin tuna, Atlantic swordfish, or shark--on the menu....

Double-talk: the words we use to talk about wilderness are slowly being replaced by the clinical language of industry Is it coincidence that this loss parallels the loss of our wild places? (journal).
November 1, 2001... NEXT TO VISION, I BELIEVE LANGUAGE IS OUR STRONGEST sense. Allow me, then, some time to lament the corporate manipulation of my craft. To one who loves both language and wild country, it's infuriating to see the two loves pitted against each...

The sky's the limit: students throughout Latin America are spilling out of classrooms and into schoolyards--and turning small observations into much larger life lessons. (Education)(Cover Story).(new 'schoolyard ecology' being taught)
November 1, 2001... IN A SIMPLE ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE PERCHED on a hillside in a verdant forest in Bolivia's northern Yungas region, fields of citrus trees splaying the landscape beneath, Esteban Cayllagua tries out a new lesson plan on his 25 young pupils. Instead...

Swimming upstream: Wilf Carter has dedicated his life to stopping the wild Atlantic salmon's slide toward extinction. The fact that some salmon remain is a testament to his vision. (Profile).
November 1, 2001... "Cast on both sides of the boat, Dr. Carter," says Yves Dufour. "They hold on the right side, too." [paragraph] Dufour, a guide for the Ristigouche Salmon Club, sits in the stern of a 26-foot Sharpe canoe, facing the drift of the fly. I lounge...

On the brink: beset by problems old and new, the Atlantic salmon faces an uphill battle for survival. Meanwhile, its defenders continue fishing for answers.
November 1, 2001... Atlantic salmon are in dire trouble," says Bill Taylor, president of the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF). "In some regions they're even in danger of extinction." Nowhere is the species' future more tenuous than in Maine's seven Down East...

Recapturing Eden: for five years, photographers David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton documented 142 rare plant and animal species native to the Hawaiian Islands, all of which deserve our attention and protection. Excerpted here are words and pictures from their new book, Remains of a Rainbow. (Photo Essay).(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
November 1, 2001... After 15 years of personal encounters with endangered species, we turned our eyes toward Hawaii, one of the richest natural environments on earth, and one of the most threatened. During our time there we experienced the euphoria of Eden and...

The new zoo: once upon a time, zoos existed solely for entertaining people. At today's best zoos, millions of visitors have fun learning about conservation while becoming inspired to give money to save wildlife in wild places. (Conservation).
November 1, 2001... Beneath an umbrella of leaves and branches, wildlife biologist Omari Ilambu starts down a path through the heart of an African rainforest. The earthy aroma of fungi and ferns floats in the warm, humid air, and a cacophony of chirps, croaks, and...

Maryland -- DC. (State Of The States).(Waterfowl Festival wildlife art show)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Between November 9 and 11, 2001, wildlife artists and exhibits will transform the historic town of Easton, Maryland, into this year's version of the country's longest-running wildlife art show. During its 31-year run, the nonprofit Waterfowl...

New York. (State Of The States).(Park Commissioner dedicates 'Jim's Walk' at Audubon's Constitution Marsh Sanctuary in Garrison, New York, to honor Jim Rod)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The heritage of Audubon sanctuaries is an inspiring blend of the animals and plants preserved within their boundaries and the stories of the men and women who worked to make it all happen. Last May Bernadette Castro, New York's commissioner for...

The new maine farmhouse: Gilsland Farm Environmental Center. (Audubon In Action: the latest breaking news from the Audubon Society).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... AT FIRST GLANCE, MAINE AUDUBON'S environmental center in Falmouth, a slightly blocky, cedar-shingled building just north of Portland on the Presumpscot River estuary, doesn't look revolutionary. But the appearance is deceptive. This...

Texas. (State Of The States).(Sabal Palm Audubon Center and Sanctuary)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A bonus for visitors to the Sabal Palm Audubon Center & Sanctuary, outside Brownsville,Texas, is the array of colorful butterflies that frequent the subtropical plants in its butterfly garden. Now sanctuary manager Jimmy Paz can boast of a...

Vermont. (State Of The States).(Audubon Vermont's Audubon Research for Teens program; Take PART)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... High school students from all over the country spent two weeks last summer practicing their science with Audubon Vermont at its Program for Audubon Research for Teens (Take PART). One group of students monitored Vermont's endangered population...

The choice between designating the historic Mulberry Grove Plantation a foreign trade zone (duty-free for manufacturing) or including it in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge expansion plan isn't a tough one for Ogeechee Audubon. (Chapter News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The choice between designating the historic Mulberry Grove Plantation a foreign trade zone (duty-free for manufacturing) or including it in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge expansion plan isn't a tough one for Ogeechee Audubon. This river...

Hikers looking to enjoy the beautiful mixed hardwood and conifer forests just a few miles from the birthplace of Mary Ball Wastlington, George Washington's mother, may now do so at their leisure. (Chapter News).(Sudubon's Virginia chapter and Virginia Land Conservation Fund buy Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Hikers looking to enjoy the beautiful mixed hardwood and conifer forests just a few miles from the birthplace of Mary Ball Wastlington, George Washington's mother, may now do so at their leisure. Audubon's Northern Neck of Virginia Chapter...

Birding with the whiz kids: Vanguard of the volunteers. (Audubon In Action: the latest breaking news from the Audubon Society).(yearly nationwide bird count)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... SLOSHING THROUGH THE ICY SLURRY, NICK SHALLOW POUNCES INTO EACH PUDDLE HE SEES, his sister, Molly, close on his footsteps. Nick, 7, chirps chicka-dee-dee-dee. Molly, three years his junior, echoes the bird call--one of many in their repertoire....

Policy. (National Programs).(Caspian terns)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... A federal court may have brought temporary respite to the world's largest colony of Caspian terns, which, because their diet includes the endangered Pacific salmon, have endured hazing at the hands of the state and federal governments. A recent...

Membership. (National Programs).(National Audubon Society)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Tired of renewal notices? Would you like to do your part to save paper? Call 800-274-4201 and ask to sign up for Audubon's Paper Free Renewal Program. Instead of mailing renewal reminders to you, we'll automatically renew your membership on an...

Audubon directory: your quick guide to the resources of the Audubon society.(Brief Article)(Directory)
November 1, 2001... HOME OFFICE 700 Broadway New York, NY 10003 (212) 979-3000 www.audubon.org (including Audubon and the nation development, education, science, and travel departments) CONSERVATION CAMPAIGNS AND PUBLIC POLICY DIVISION ...

Miss Hickory. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Miss Hickory Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Viking. 1946. This Newbery Medal winner, first published more than 50 years ago, has retained all its warmth and charm. Carolyn Bailey weaves a dreamlike fable about a doll, fashioned from an apple-wood...

Incident at Hawk's Hill. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).
November 1, 2001... Incident at Hawk's Hill. Allan W. Eckert. Little, Brown. 1971. A celebrated natural history writer tells the tale of a young boy who wanders into the wilds of Manitoba in 1870 and takes up life with the animals. A Newbery Honor book.

Birches. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).
November 1, 2001... Birches Robert Frost. Henry Holt. 1990. A weary grown-up remembers the simple childhood joy of swinging on birch trees and draws complex lessons from the memory. Frost's delightful depiction of rural life is fully evoked in Ed Young's...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost. Dutton's Children's Books. 1985. Frost's classic poem about the desire to contemplate nature's depths and the need to turn to other matters is made accessible to the youngest readers...

My Side of the Mountain. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George. Penguin. 1959. First published in the fifties, this Newbery Honor book recounts young Sam Gribley's adventures in the Catskill Mountains, where he faces the challenges and joys of...

Just A Dream. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... JUST A DREAM (Houghton Mifflin; 1990) is a consciousness-changing tale by Caldecott Award winner Chris Van Allsburg about a careless boy who belittles earth-stewarding activities like tree planting and recycling. One night, after seeing a...

The Old Man and the Sea. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).
November 1, 2001... The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway. Scribner. 1952. Hemingway's famous story about the tragic fortunes of a Cuban fisherman presents an important perspective on the relation of man and nature.

White Fang. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... White Fang Jack London. Penguin. 1906. London's adventure, told through the eyes of an orphaned wolf, makes great reading. His fine novel, which depicts nature in the far north as a thing of harshness as well as beauty, is both instructive...

The Lorax. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)
November 1, 2001... The Lorax Dr. Seuss. Random House. 1971. Perhaps the best cautionary tale ever written about the dangers of rampant industrialization. Old-growth Truffula Trees, Brown Barba-loots, Humming-Fish, and Swomee-Swans are all sacrificed to the...

The Giving Tree. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).
November 1, 2001... The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein. HarperCollins. 1964. A gentle if tragic story, told with Silverstein's characteristic clarity and grace, about the changing relationship between a boy and his favorite apple tree.

The Trumpet of the Swan. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... The Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White. HarperCollins. 1970. E.B. White's masterful tale about a young boy and a voiceless trumpeter swan doomed to a mute courtship is marked by the author's characteristic wit, wisdom, and triumphant humor.

Owl Moon. (Classic: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Owl moon Jane Yolen. Philomel Books. 1987. A little girl and her father trudge though moonlit snow hoping to call up a great horned owl from the edge of the woods. A fine winter's tale and a Caldecott Medal winner.

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... The Great Kapok Tree: a Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest Lynne Cherry. Voyager Books. 2000. A boa constrictor, a bee, a toucan, a tree frog, a jaguar, and other rainforest creatures make a gentle, persuasive case for preserving their realm....

Giants in the Land. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Giants in the Land Diana Appelbaum. Houghton Mifflin. 1993. Stunning folk drawings of old-growth white pines accompany a lively description of the colonial logging of grand trees to make masts for the English navy.

The Big Book for Our Planet. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... The Big Book for Our Planet Edited by Ann Durrell, Jean Craighead George, and Katherine Paterson. Dutton's Children's Books. 1993. A thoughtful anthology of poetry, prose, and photographs about the needs of planet earth.

Waiting for Wings. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Waiting for Wings Lois Ehlert. Harcourt Inc. 2001. A visually stunning first book, about butterflies and metamorphosis. The symbiosis of butterflies and plants is illustrated with flair, and the rhymed text deftly explains the butterfly...

Twilight Comes Twice. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Twilight comes Twice Ralph Fletcher. Clarion Books. 1997. A subtle and beautifully drawn story that explores dawn and dusk. This is a perceptive, memorable book.

Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems Kristine O'Connell George. Clarion Books. 1998. A well-illustrated introduction to poetry. Without becoming preachy, these thoughtful, lively poems demonstrate the myriad ways in which trees can make interesting...

Jubela. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Cristina Kessler. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2001. In this book, based on a true story from Swaziland, Kessler recounts the odyssey of a baby rhinoceros orphaned by poachers. This tale is full of details about the lives of...

Gorilla Walk. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Gorilla Walk Ted Levin and Betsy Levin. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. 1999. The Levins present a fascinating account, with wonderful drawings and field sketches, of a 1997 visit to the mountain gorillas of Uganda.

The Eagle's Gift. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... The Eagle's Gift Rafe Martin. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1997. An Inuit boy's mythic initiation into the joy of nature is illustrated with haunting depictions of the Arctic.

Grandad's Prayers of the Earth. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... Grandad's Prayers of the Earth Douglas Wood. Candlewick Press. 1999. A grandfather tutors his grandson about the sacredness of nature, instilling a fine sense of moral relation to animals and plants, rivers and forests. P.J. Lynch's warm...

A Zooful of Animals. (Current 1991-2001: gift books to hang by the chimney with care).(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Review)
November 1, 2001... A Zooful of Animals Selected by William Cote. Houghton Mifflin. 1992. Lively, funny, mischievous poems for the youngest child or infant.

(One picture).(luna moth)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Photographer: Eliot Porter What: Luna moth Where: Silver Lake, New Hampshire; June 3,1953 Camera: 4x5 graphic view Lens: 7 1/4-inch focal length with 11 1/2-inch extension Film: Ektachrome 8 Exposure: f16 with three...