International Wildlife articles from March 1999

International Wildlife archives from March 1999

What We Must Do to Counter the BIOTIC HOLOCAUST
March 1, 1999... A veteran conservation strategist looks at the world's cataclysmic loss of species and offers ways to minimize the disaster We are into the opening stages of a human-caused biotic holocaust--a wholesale elimination of species--that could...

Flying Machines
March 1, 1999... Stunning photos freeze the aerobatic maneuvers of the entomological world Despite almost no experience with cameras, British zoologist John Brackenbury embarked 12 years ago on a photographic odyssey into the world of insects and the mystery...

NWF Sues to Halt Dredging Project in Mississippi's Big Sunflower River
March 1, 1999... The National Wildlife Federation is suing the federal government to stop unnecessary dredging of the Big Sunflower River in the Mississippi Delta, a project that would ravage one of the most biologically rich areas in the nation. The suit,...

NWF Report Spurs Federal Action On Flood Insurance.
March 1, 1999... The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that it will move to end taxpayer-subsidized flood insurance for high-risk properties, a major reform recommended in NWF's "Higher Ground," a report that deals with flood losses....

Bison Plan Sparks Huge Response From NWF Members.
March 1, 1999... In overwhelming numbers, NWF members have called on the National Park Service to modify a proposed management plan that would in effect continue the senseless slaughter of buffalo that wander outside of Yellowstone National Park. More...

Listing of Lynx Offers Hope For Recovery.
March 1, 1999... NWF has strongly endorsed a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Canada lynx as threatened in the lower 48 states as an important first step toward recovery. Historically, lynx roamed 16 states--in the Northeast, the...

Rising Log Exports Threaten Northern Forest, NWF Finds.
March 1, 1999... The United States is exporting raw logs from the Northern Forest at an unprecedented rate, straining forest resources and threatening the economic health of local communities in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. That's a...

NWF Leads Effort To Clean Up Superior Tributary.
March 1, 1999... NWF's Great Lakes Natural Resource Center[umlaut] is working with community groups, industries, and state and tribal governments in a pioneering effort to clean up the St. Louis River, the second largest river flowing into Lake Superior. ...

Cranberry Growers Threaten Future Of Jersey Wetlands.
March 1, 1999... NWF is urging the state of New Jersey to withdraw a proposed special- interest permit that would allow 47 cranberry growers to destroy up to 300 acres of wetlands over the next five years. New Jersey ranks with Wisconsin and Massachusetts...

Vermont Study Finds Hot Spots Of Frog Deformities.
March 1, 1999... With frogs as well as people, where one lives can have a huge impact on health. A study of frogs throughout Vermont, where the incidence of frog-limb abnormalities ranks second only to Minnesota, suggests that limb malformities may be...

Highway Would Ruin Critical Salt Lake Wetlands Habitat.
March 1, 1999... It seems unthinkable: a major highway through internationally recognized wetlands that support more than 5 million birds, 257 species in all. Yet that's exactly what the state of Utah is proposing for the eastern shores of the Great Salt...

Affiliate Crusade To Save Louisiana Swamp Pays Off.
March 1, 1999... For nearly four decades, the Louisiana Wildlife Federation (LWF), one of NWF's affiliates, has fought to keep the nation's largest river swamp wet and wild. That effort paid off recently when Louisiana Governor M.J. Foster unveiled a...

Around The Nation.
March 1, 1999... The Natural Resources Council of Maine, one of NWF's affiliates, is lining up volunteers to hand out information about air pollution in Acadia National Park to park visitors this summer. Last year, the council distributed 20,000 brochures and...

Journey into NUNAVUT
March 1, 1999... For an introduction to Canada's vast new territory, nothing compares to getting lost there with its interim leader in a 27-foot boat Our morning start into the vast waters of Hudson Bay last August seemed promising enough at first. Although...

Riding to the Seahorse's Rescue
March 1, 1999... Biologist Amanda Vincent wrote the book on equines of the deep. Now she's trying to save them. Marine biologist Amanda Vincent sits on the steps of a thatched-roof house in Handumon, a small coastal village on the Philippine island of Getafe....

Turning the Page on Saving Forests
March 1, 1999... This issue of International Wildlife is making history by using the first certified paper ever produced in this country--specifically for NWF membership sign-up cards. It's the start of a forest-conservation trend that's worth continuing here...

Fighting for A Rare Bird
March 1, 1999... Forest officer Michael Bobb is one in a small army of people making a difference on the tiny island of St. Lucia Before dawn on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Michael Bobb emerges from the tin-roofed, pink-and-blue cabin that serves as...

New Life for A Vanished Zebra?
March 1, 1999... South African taxidermist Reinhold Rau is laboring to breed back the extinct quagga, but what exactly does that mean? AT THE FOOT of Table Mountain, where tall grasses bake brown in the South African summer sun, Reinhold Rau dumps a box full...