National Wildlife articles from February 1997

National Wildlife archives from February 1997

Volunteers: the heart and soul of everything we do.(Editorial)
February 1, 1997... The full measure of a man, an old saying goes, is not found in the man himself but rather in the way he inspires accomplishments in the people around him. I would like to take that thought one step further to say that the full measure of an...

To winterize your yard for wildlife, provide a reliable source of water.(Backyard Habitat)
February 1, 1997... One day last winter when the mercury hovered around zero degrees, I had barely finished topping off one of the birdbaths in our yard with tepid water when some chickadees and titmice flew onto its rim. Jumping in, two and three at a time, they...

What's killing the Key deer? (endangered species)(Values in Conflict)
February 1, 1997... From land use to traffic, the deck is being stacked against this endangered species When the rains came that day to palm-shrouded Big Pine Key, the bulldozers were already lined up to go to work, cutting a road across this second-largest of...

Super bird. (the snowy owl)(Cover Story)
February 1, 1997... More powerful than any other North American owl, faster than a scurrying lemming, able to withstand Arctic cold, the snowy owl is the Far North's toughest bird Forty-three summers have passed, but David Parmelee vividly remembers the day on...

Armed but not dangerous: is the octopus really the invertebrate intellect of the undersea world?(Scientific Debate)
February 1, 1997... Is the octopus really the invertebrate intellect of the undersea world? Frequently, we humans look down on invertebrates as inferior forms of life. But at least one invertebrate, the octopus, may possess enough brainpower to alter this...

The art of painting habitat: for some artists, an animal isn't complete without its surroundings.
February 1, 1997... For some artists, an animal isn't complete without its surroundings For a wildlife artist, an animal's habitat can be both a challenge to get right and a menu of shapes, colors and light from which to draw. To portray animals in their natural...

Up against steep odds. (Peninsular bighorn sheep)(includes related article on Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep)
February 1, 1997... In a cluster of small mountain ranges in the California desert, bighorn sheep face plagues, drought, loss of land and even lions Already the temperature is rising fast, at barely eight o'clock on a summer morning in Anza-Borrego Desert State...

NWF plays key role in program to move buildings out of flood plains. (National Wildlife Federation program in the Midwest)
February 1, 1997... In 1993 record rains fell on the American Midwest, triggering a flood of Biblical proportions--one that was to go down as the worst in U.S. history. But out of this disaster came a dramatic shift in the nation's approach to flood control--from...

Solving microscopic mysteries. (parasitologist Ralph Lichtenfels)(Science Sleuth)
February 1, 1997... Whether you like it or not, there's no escaping parasites. The little creatures are everywhere, living by the billions in our food, our water, our soil, our furniture, even our eyelids. "If, magically, every part of the planet were to disappear...

A man with a superior attitude. (environmentalist Alden Lind)(American Heroes)
February 1, 1997... Alden Lind is tough. For years, he has refused to succumb to fatal cancers, and on three occasions, he has declined to allow heart attacks to crimp his lifestyle. But his fighting spirit--and, okay, his sheer obstinance--are most evident in the...