International Wildlife articles from May 2000

International Wildlife archives from May 2000

From Condors to Coal: Getting Your Attention
May 1, 2000... Vertigo and wildlife photography do not mix-at least not if you are photographing the Andean condor, the world's heaviest flying bird. One place the condors still soar is Peru's Colca Canyon, a gorge twice as deep as Arizona's Grand Canyon. To...

Government Decision on NWF Petition Spells Victory for Prairie Dogs
May 1, 2000... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed with NWF that the black- tailed prairie dog is in sufficient peril to justify listing it as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Responding to a formal NWF petition, the agency issued what...

Conservationists Win Wetlands Battle In South Dakota.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... In an out-of-court settlement, a federal agency has agreed to drop plans to revise its working definition of "wetlands" in South Dakota, which could have led to widespread destruction of prairie potholes and other wetlands on which millions...

Ore Processing Plant Expansion Threatens Lake Superior.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... NWF and one of its affiliates, the Minnesota Conservation Federation, are urging the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to fully examine the environmental impacts of a proposed iron-ore processing facility on the shores of Lake Superior. ...

NWF Threatens Suit To Protect Habitat Of Florida Panther.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... NWF, one of its affiliates, the Florida Wildlife Federation, and several other groups have put three federal agencies on notice that they will be sued unless they take immediate action to protect the Florida panther, one of the most...

Citizens Have Right To Clean Environment, Montana Court Says.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... In a landmark opinion, the Montana Supreme Court has agreed with NWF and other groups that the state constitution guarantees Montana's citizens a "fundamental right" to a clean and healthful environment. That means no law can legally survive...

Forest Lands Earn Green Certification In New York State.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... New York is the first state to receive NWF SmartWood certification for environmentally sound management of all of its multiple-use public forest lands-more than 700,000 acres that are managed for timber, wildlife, water quality and...

Maine Affiliate Calls for Cooperation on Salmon Recovery.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... A petition to add Atlantic salmon to the federal endangered species list has triggered considerable controversy in Maine, but the Natural Resources Council of Maine, one of NWF's affiliates, is heading a campaign to replace contention with...

Keep the Wild Alive - Workshop Focuses On Plight of North America's Wild Cats.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... Exploring ways of dealing with the common threats facing North America's wild cat species was the theme of a workshop sponsored earlier this year by NWF's Keep the Wild Alive[ordinal indicator, feminine] program. The session, attended by...

INTO THE SEA WITH GIANTS - So Why Would You Want an Up-Close Encounter with a 60-Ton Bowhead Whale?
May 1, 2000... Ecologist Kerry Finley skillfully maneuvers our two-person kayak in the 6-foot swells of icy Baffin Bay. "If you are going to swim with these bowhead whales, then you better go now," he yells against the wind. Apprehensively, I peer out...

NEW SHOWDOWN OVER COAL - in Thailand and across the Globe, People Are Protesting the Dark Underside of the World's Most Common Fuel
May 1, 2000... DURING the chilly predawn of October 3, 1992, cool air flooding southeast from China washed over the lush limestone hills of Southeast Asia into the valleys of the Mae Moh province in northern Thailand. There it formed a classic atmospheric...

FLIGHT OF THE CONDOR - in Ecuador and Peru the World's Largest Flying Bird Gets a Helping Hand
May 1, 2000... The sun has just risen over the frosty brim of the Colca Canyon, high in the Andes of southern Peru. From mountaintop to roaring river, the canyon drops 11,000 feet, nearly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. As the rays begin to slant into the...

WORLD'S STRANGEST PREDATOR? Two Nature Photographers Get the First Wild Shots of a Catlike Hunter
May 1, 2000... IN THE ISLAND of Madagascar, off Africa's east coast, nothing is what it seems. Primitive primates called lemurs fill the ecological roles of woodpeckers, squirrels and monkeys. Small, spiny, pointy-nosed creatures known as tenrecs are the...

Letters
May 1, 2000... Crocs, Cuba and Castro Hats off to those individuals in Cuba ["Getting Things Done in Cuba," January/February] who are saving crocodiles and other wildlife even though they have almost no money at their disposal. Money is often cited as the...

LAST OF THE Llama Treks - A Few Caravanners Still Haul Salt for Barter across Bolivia's Frozen Highlands
May 1, 2000... NUMBING WIND sweeps across Bolivia's southern Altiplano, a forbidding steppe and desert that stretches nearly 2,500 miles between towering mountain ranges, the western and eastern Cordilleras. I have come here in the peak of winter to join a...

Reducing a Global Toll
May 1, 2000... The magnificent wildlife species and beautiful habitats depicted on these pages often transcend borders, a fact that only adds to their majesty. Unfortunately, often they are also threatened by problems that, by their very scale, make solutions...

A FOOL FOR TARSIERS - Once Ridiculed for His Quest to Save the Philippines' Tiniest Primates, Carlito Pizarras Is Now Viewed as a National Treasure
May 1, 2000... CARLITO "LITO" PIZARRAS walks silently along a jungle trail on the island of Bohol in the central Philippines. Clad in camouflage, he listens closely for his prey. A high-pitched tone stops him suddenly and he snatches a chirping cricket from...