National Wildlife articles from June 2001

National Wildlife archives from June 2001

Jumping at the Chance To See Wildlife.
June 1, 2001... Part of the appeal of writing for National Wildlife, journalists tell us, is getting opportunites to go into the field with experienced scientists and naturalists to observe animals. So when we asked Tim Vanderpool to join up with experts who...

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Too Wild To Waste.(opposition to President Bush's plan to drill for oil)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Anyone who cares about America's wildlife and natural heritage must speak out to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil development. That's the clear message of the National Wildlife Federation's campaign to generate...

Oil Drilling Eyed For Another Alaskan Wilderness.(protest over proposed oil drilling in Alaska's Copper River Delta)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... While the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is getting most of the publicity, the largest wetland on North America's Pacific coast also is threatened by energy exploration. NWF is strongly opposed to a U.S. Forest Service decision to allow...

NWF Intervenes In Court Case Over Bear Recovery.(National Wildlife Federation; grizzly bear restoration effort meets with opposition from state officials)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... NWF and Defenders of Wildlife have moved to intervene on the side of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a lawsuit brought by the state of Idaho that seeks to stop grizzly bear restoration in the Bitterroot area of Idaho and Montana. The...

New Postage Stamp Celebrates Value Of Grasslands.(Great Plains Prairie stamp)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Every time you write a friend or pay a bill, you can help publicize the importance of America's grasslands by using the U.S. Postal Service's new 34-cent Great Plains Prairie stamp. Part of a series featuring important ecosystems, the new...

Groups Fight Effort To Reverse EPA Stance on Mercury.(President Bush's reversal of a campaign promise on power plant pollution is cause for concern)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... NWF has taken legal action demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stand tough against the electric utility industry's attempt to derail its decision to regulate mercury and other toxic pollutants from the nation's power...

Wanted: Volunteers For NWF's Habitat Stewards Program.(National Wildlife Federation; wildlife habitat protection)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Do you love gardening and wildlife and have an interest or experience in teaching? If so, NWF's Habitat Stewards[ordinal indicator, feminine] program wants to hear from you. The program, sponsored primarily by Wild Birds Unlimited, trains...

Snake River Dams Violate Clean Water Act, Court Rules.(case involving the Army Corps of Engineers)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... In a major victory for NWF and several other conservation groups, a federal district court in Portland, Oregon, has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' operation of four dams on the lower Snake River violates the Clean Water Act. The...

NWF Offers Nature Education For Challenged Youth.(National Wildlife Federation; nature education)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Young people with hearing, visual, motor and learning impairments can now enjoy traditional nature-education activities alongside youngsters without disabilities, thanks to Access Nature, an innovative curriculum for educators available from...

Keep the Wild Alive.(exotic species are threatening native wildlife)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Alien Invaders Threaten Many Imperiled Species Experts from NWF's Keep the Wild Alive[ordinal indicator, feminine] and Backyard Wildlife Habitat[ordinal indicator, feminine] programs have urged federal officials to develop a strict plan to...

A Seaside Plant Hangs on by Its Roots.(conservation efforts on behalf of the sea-beach amaranth)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Inside New York City, along the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, there is perfect habitat for elevated trains, boardwalks and apartment buildings. It's not where you would expect to find an imperiled species, especially one that prefers natural,...

Intimate Encounters in the Midst of the City.(avocet population and habitat in Denver, Colorado)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... We knew the seasons had changed as soon as we stepped out of our townhouse. From the wetland just beyond our complex came a shrill, drawn-out "ple-eek! ple-eek!" that meant our avocets had returned. We affectionately call them "our avocets"...

JOURNEY OF THE NECTAR BATS - The annual migration of winged mammals from Mexico to Arizona, vital to plants north of the border, is at risk.
June 1, 2001... THE DESERT SKY changes from red to black over the Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. There, Katy Hinman, a graduate student at State University of New York-Stony Brook, positions a night- vision video camera...

Memorable Moments in the Lives of Bears.(production of large-format documentary film Bears)
June 1, 2001... Outdoor guide Chris Day sits on a sandbar in Morraine Creek in the Katmai region of coastal southeastern Alaska, an area that shelters a large population of brown bears. A petite grandmother, Day has spent the past 15 years helping visitors...

SEARCHING FOR THE BIRDS IN ART - A small Wisconsin museum celebrates its 25th anniversary as the world's mecca for wildlife artists.(Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum)
June 1, 2001... AMONG THE THOUSANDS of millennium-year celebrations that took place around the world, by far the most significant, at least to artists who paint, draw or sculpt birds, happened in the small central Wisconsin city of Wausau. Wausau? Home to...

CONSERVATION HEROES - New Role for Arkansas Lawyer As River Activist.(environmental protection efforts of David Carruth on behalf of White River)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... David Carruth first fell in love with Arkansas' White River as a child when his father and grandfather took him hunting in the bottomlands and taught him to revere the river and the ecosystem it supports. Decades later, Carruth has emerged...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2001... Elk's Positive Impacts As a Ph.D. student in geography, I found the article "The Good, the Bad and the Wapiti" [February/March 2001] to be an interesting survey of some elk issues facing the country today. Regarding the overgrazing issue...

The Medicine Man - Paul Cox is one of a small breed of scientists trying to bring Native healing methods to the modern world.
June 1, 2001... PAUL COX sat in a thatched hut on the Samoan island of Savaii and listened patiently as traditional healer Epenesa Mauigoa described dozens of different herbal remedies. His ears pricked when the elderly woman got to number 37 on her list: a...

ARSENIC AND OLD BRAKE.(brake fern found to absorb and store arsenic from contaminated soils)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The latest entry in the junk-foods department: Scientists recently learned that brake ferns can absorb arsenic from contaminated soil and accumulate the deadly substance in their fronds without any harm to the plant. This is the first recorded...

MAKING SCENTS OF PREDATORS.(recognition of predators by female moose in predator-controlled areas)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Elephants may never forget, but moose apparently do-at least when it comes to long-absent predators. When exposed to recordings of wolf howls or coyote calls, or the scent of grizzly bears, female moose near Yellowstone National Park were six...

TEN COOL THINGS TO DO.(to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... While Congress and the Bush administration debate strategies to reduce the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, you can take immediate steps to help the planet. Here are ten ways to reduce global warming, and the amount of carbon dioxide you'll...

OF MOMS AND MERCURY.(health hazards of mercury levels among women of childbearing age)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... As many as one in every ten women of childbearing age in the United States has potentially troublesome levels of mercury in her blood, a new government study concludes. Mercury is a heavy metal that can cause kidney damage and neurological...

PHOTO CONTEST.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Have you taken any good photographs of nature lately? It's not too late to enter the magazine's thirty-first annual competition. Turn to page 72 for information about the rules and deadline.

WHEN THE RED FOX COMES TO TOWN - As their numbers soar in suburbs, these catlike canines delight many homeowners, but sometimes pose a threat to rare species.
June 1, 2001... DURING THE SPRING OF 1998, Don Miller discovered that a red fox family with eight kits had taken up residence in his suburban backyard near Chicago. The retired heavy-machinery salesman was delighted. "The kits romp out back and are very...

IN SEARCH OF Arizona's Elegant Visitor - Just one look at the trogon is enough to turn birders into believers.(behaviour and migration of bird to nesting area)
June 1, 2001... EVEN WHEN he's talking birds-as he constantly does-Rick Taylor can suddenly pluck an elegant trogon's cry from amidst dense treetop avian symphonies. It's a striking, if somewhat unnerving, skill to observe so early on this soggy, hot June...

NWF View.(National Wildlife Federation workshops for citizen lobbying in stream conservation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Water for People and Wildlife Not long ago, Kathryn Cook found her voice. Mrs. Cook is a senior citizen who lives near one of the most polluted rivers in America: the "forgotten" Chattahoochee River (see page 22). Just as many Georgia...

What's to Become of the Timberdoodle?(effects on American woodcock population on urban and industrial growth)
June 1, 2001... Across the field, ancient oaks stand in silhouette, their bare uppermost branches seemingly snagging tendrils of pink sunset clouds. I stuff my hands in my coat pockets and shiver from the late winter chill as shadows creep across this field in...