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The Maiming of the Shrew. National Wildlife. Feb/March
2009. The world’s smallest mammals, and among the most
resilient, find themselves increasingly vulnerable to the rapid
pace of climate change at higher altitudes.
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Everglades Invasion. National Wildlife. Feb/March 2009.
While taxpayers are spending billions of dollars to restore the
Everglades, a deadly army of foreign species is undercutting the
effort by pushing out native plants and animals.
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The New Age of Extinction. Time. April 13, 2009. As the
globe warms, more than the climate is endangered. Species are
vanishing at a scary rate. We’re the cause – but we’re also the
solution.
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Great Bear Count. Defenders. Spring 2009. Things are
looking up for threatened grizzlies – in some places.
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The Mexico Parrot Trade – EXPOSED . Defenders. Spring
2009. Defenders of Wildlife fights to stop trafficking of wild
birds.
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Clearing The Air. Audubon. May/June 2009. The near
disaster in New York City earlier this year highlighted the
danger birds can pose to airliners. Happily, a combination of
common sense and cutting edge technology is helping keep birds
and people aloft.
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Kill Baby Kill. Audubon. July/Aug 2009. Sarah Palin’s war
on wolves and bears has been a disaster not just for Alaska, but
for the moose and caribou it is supposed to benefit.
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- Conservation Across Borders: Saving
Quitobaquito and Rio Sonoyta requires international
cooperation. Arizona Wildlife Views. May/June 2009. People on
both sides of the international border fight to help a historic
desert oasis and its unique wildlife such as the desert pupfish
and Sonoyta mud turtle.
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Is Biomass Harvesting Sustainable? Biomass Magazine. Sept.
2008. A group of researchers from Minnesota and Wisconsin
studied a biomass harvesting operation in Superior National
Forest to gauge its economic and environmental costs.
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Work Plan. Audubon. July/Aug 2009. Maytag’s departure left
a small Iowa town’s economy reeling. Today, however, workers are
building wind machines instead of washing machines and
validating studies about the enormous potential of green collar
jobs.
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Anything Into Oil. Discover, May/2003. Technology savvy could
turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion
barrels of light Texas crude each year.
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Buzz Kill. New Times. Crop dusters spray pesticides on homes, animals,
and people while the Arizona Department of Agriculture does little to
stop them.
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Legalize
It! (Hemp)
Audubon. Cannabis sativa is a low-maintenance crop that can be used in
paper, clothing, rope-even cars. So why, when it's grown in 32
other countries, is hemp still illegal in the United States?
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