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		Nature Conservancy Magazine: Autumn 2005 Nature Conservancy Magazine   Autumn, 2005 issue Return to the Bayou Book Excerpt: The Grail Bird Nature Stories Podcast Rainforests Nature Books Nature Travel Nature Landmarks Natural Events Nature Preserves Subscribe to our magazine!

Autumn 2005

Nature Conservancy magazine profiles the places, people and projects that Nature Conservancy members support.

Every issue of this quarterly magazine includes fascinating articles, gorgeous photography, book reviews and travel ideas.

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Highlights from Autumn 2005 Issue
With every issue of Nature Conservancy magazine, readers enjoy fascinating articles and inspiring photography from around the world and close to home.

Here's just a sample of the latest issue:

• Book Reviews
  A behind-the-scenes look at the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker. Plus, an ecoadventure for kids and ecological parables for grown-ups.
• Landmarks
  Stories of conservation from all 50 states and around the world.  Discover what we're doing where you live.

Related links mentioned in the latest Nature Conservancy magazine:

• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
  A five-year research effort by 1,360 of the world’s leading scientists, gives compelling evidence of our dependence on healthy and diverse ecosystems for clean water, food, a stable climate, and much more.
• Book Excerpt: The Grail Bird
  Tim Gallagher and a determined team search the Big Woods of Arkansas and sight an ivory-billed woodpecker for the first time in nearly 60 years.
• Postcard from the Field: Return to the Bayou
  Returning to the Big Woods, Tim Gallagher reflects on the swampy home of the ivory-billed woodpecker.
• Book Review and Excerpt: The Ghost with Trembling Wings
  In this fascinating study of hope in action, Scott Weidensaul follows the search for lost species (including the ivory-billed woodpecker) and finds reasons for hope amid the extinction crisis.
• Subterranean Conservation
  See mysterious cave critters and learn why these underground realms are so important.
• The Great Sand Dunes of Colorado
  Watch a video and discover the highlights of one of America's most unusual landscapes.
  • Want to see the Great Sand Dunes? Learn how you can take a free guided tour the Medano-Zapata ranch, located in the San Luis Valley of Colorado.
• Global Climate Change Initiative
  Learn more about the impact of global warming and what you can do about it.
• Conservation Journeys
  Find a trip to some of the most exotic places on earth.

Read excerpts from previous issues:
summer 2005 | spring 2005 | winter 2004 | fall 2004