Nature Conservancy Magazine Archives

Summer 2009Summer 2009

  • Salmon Country
    Conservation efforts are restoring salmon to north Pacific rivers where they haven’t been seen in years.
  • The Source
    In Alaska's Bristol Bay, a fight is brewing over the last great salmon headwaters. Who will win?
  • Record Recovery
    An endangered fox species is rebounding thanks to efforts to restore Santa Cruz Island in California.
  • Green Design
    Ten top designers created sustainable products form materials harvested at Conservancy sites.
     
     

Spring 2009Spring 2009

  • Flora & Fauna 
    With its habitat disappearing, the elusive jaguar is getting harder to find.
  • Field Studies
    New York students brave snakes, bugs and silence at a Conservancy preserve.
  • In the Dark
    A mysterious syndrome has struck bats. Biologists think one cave may hold the answers. And watch an audio slideshow.
  • Blue's Ocean
    Bill Blue is taking a chance on a new way of fishing. Can it help protect our oceans?
     
     

Winter 2008Winter 2008

  • Flora & Fauna 
    The monarch butterfly stars in its own winged migration.
  • Return of the Turtles
    A Caribbean treasure: endangered sea turtles — and the dedicated researchers determined to help them make a comeback.
  • Proving Ground: Wyoming Natural Gas
    Will America’s energy future make room for wildlife? An experiment in Wyoming may point the way.
  • The Last Bison
    While the bison has recovered from its low of 1,091 animals, the species may not be home-free yet.

 

Autumn 2008Autumn 2008

  • Flora & Fauna 
    Covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, plantlike coral houses a quarter of all marine species on Earth.
  • Fire School 
    Join a crew of firefighters who are learning to become fire starters, practicing the careful art of prescribed burning.
  • Mediterranean SOS 
    The hot, dry shores of five coastlines harbor some of the most imperiled habitats on Earth — and conservationists are racing to save them.

 

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Summer 2008Summer 2008

  • Flora & Fauna 
    Can centuries-old saguaros stand the test of time?
  • Jurassic Beach 
    The underappreciated horseshoe crab has saved untold numbers of human lives. Now volunteers are returning the favor.
  • Growth Potential 
    Could demand for water in Brazil’s largest cities help restore the nearly destroyed Atlantic Rainforest?

 

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Spring 2008Spring 2008

  • Flora & Fauna 
    Hippos may be heavyweights, but they're are getting harder to find.
  • The Poverty Question
    Reducing poverty is at the top of the world’s development agenda.
  • Sea Greens
    Just off the coast of central California, underwater forests of giant kelp get a new lease on life.

 

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Winter 2007Winter 2007

 

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Autumn 2007Autumn 2007

 

 
  

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photos © Ami Vitale; © Amy Deputy ; © Landon Nordeman; © Karen Wattenmaker; © Christian Ziegler; © Phillip Colla/OceanLight.com; © Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures;
© Ann E. Cutting; 

   

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