![The Great Salmon Tour: An Introduction](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/Salmon Video/USFWS%20Salmon-3.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Peter Berulf Johnsen
Faith Peters at the Tanana Village Administrative Tribal Center is a quiet and soft-spoken Athabascan woman. She is also a fisherwoman with deep roots in the Athabascan culture and subsistence fishing.…
Read more![Lead Poisoning Threatens Condor Population](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/condor.46980fe9.jpg)
by Michael Warren
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science has made a clear connection between lead poisoning in California Condors and the lead found in hunting ammunition. An article…
Read more![The Delicate Balance of Species Dependence](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/crabs.46980fe9.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
What do horseshoe crabs, and red knots have in common? Survival. Two different, but vital, annual migrations bring these animals together every year. Both are fighting to survive.
Read more![A Great Aridness](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Book Reviews/A Great Aridness/Photo_2.1d00087f.jpg)
by John Richardson
In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out.
Read more![40th Anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/05/USFWSotter.46980fe9.jpg)
by Merri Collins
Recently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service recognized the 40th anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
Read more![The Power of Pets](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/05/Pet_3.df55dde7.jpg)
by Sandra Lumpkin
National Capital Therapy Dogs Inc. is a non-profit, completely volunteer organization that specializes in providing animal therapy to patients in locations such as health facilities, schools, shelters…
Read more![Dancing with Horses](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Impressions/Equus Project/EquusProjectRTP-7.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Catherine Meyer, JoAnna Mendl Shaw
In 1997, choreographer JoAnna Mendl Shaw developed a unique collaboration between equestrianism and dance, a new connection between horse and human. By partnering natural horsemanship with elaborate choreography,…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 3: We’re Still Here](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%209.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
Legal battles among Hopi, Navajo, government and private organizations over fragile natural resources now threaten to completely destroy the traditions of many people still living on the land near Black…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 2: Big Mountain](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%204.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
For hundreds of years, the Navajo and Hopi thrived in the high, arid deserts of Arizona. Throughout recent history, these people have faced numerous assaults on their ways of life: war, forced relocation,…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 1: The Elders of Black Mesa](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%202.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
For decades, the struggle over traditional lands on the Navajo and Hopi reservations has unfolded, steeped in history, myth, prophecy and the inevitability of greed – indigenous peoples set against each…
Read more![Food, Culture and Conservation](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/ODonnell/Wild%20Rapberries%20New%20Mexico.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Jim O’Donnell
In this stunning photo gallery, photographer Jim O’Donnell explores the connections between food and our natural environment. With these images, he illustrates the ways in which our food system is fragile…
Read more![Venus Flytrap Poachers Arrested in North Carolina](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/02/Venus%20Fly%20Trap.df55dde7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
RALEIGH, NC—Venus flytrap poaching may not seem like the most lucrative crime for those looking for an easy buck, but the uprooting of these plants to sell in roadside stands and markets is threatening…
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