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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume IX, Number 2
MARCH/APRIL 1998 |
COVER STORY
TROUBLED HOMECOMING - Through Reintroduction Programs, Predators Are Returning to the Wild, Challenging Our Ability to Co-Exist With Them
The pack of six gray wolves raise pointed noses to the wind, catching the scent of an intruder invading their frigid Wyoming territory. Up on a hill, behind a snow-capped boulder, a mountain lion crouches, whiskers raised, and growls in warning. Knowing her cubs are nearby, she lets out a piercing, defensive roar. The wolves, agitated, branch out and dart up the incline, paws kicking up snow and debris as they give chase, encircle, and bring the lioness down in a nearby clearing. Jumping on her back, the dominant or "alpha" male yelps as the lioness' claws open a vicious gash on his side. Others are injured too, but the lioness can't fight off an entire pack. She is killed, her body left to become carrion. A group howl resounds in the Lamar Valley at Yellowstone National Park, telling nearby intruders that these wolves have reclaimed their long-lost territory.
By Jim Motavalli and Tracey C. Rembert
SIDEBAR: OPEN SEASON IN UTAH
By Keith Highley
SIDEBAR: UN-NATURAL SELECTION
By Jamie Trost
WHERE THE LAND MEETS THE SEA - The Delicate Fabric of the World's Coastal Regions is Being Torn Apart
Rachel Carson, best known for exposing the dangers of DDT in her classic Silent Spring, was also a keen observer of our coasts. "The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an Earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water," she wrote in her 1955 book, The Edge of the Sea.
By Dick Russell
SIDEBAR: GRIM REAPERS
By Giselle V. Steele
CONVERSATIONS
RODGER SHLICKEISEN - Defending America's Wilder Ways
Dr. Rodger Schlickeisen, at the helm of the 50-year-old Defenders of Wildlife since 1991, has by now grown accustomed to controversy in his work defending some of America's biggest predators--including grizzly bears, wolves and mountain lions.
By Tracey C. Rembert
GREEN LIVING
CONSUMER NEWS: WORKING LIGHT - Shortcuts to the Greener Office
By Mark Harris
FLUSHED WITH SUCCESS - New Waste-Reducing Designs in Modern Toiletry
By Jim Motavalli
YOUR HEALTH: BLOWING SMOKE - The Unhealthy Cigar's Glamorous Image Is a Lot of Hot Air
By Tracey C. Rembert
MONEY MATTERS: MAKING MONEY - Local Currencies and Bartering Networks Bring Economics Home
By Marshall Glickman
GOING GREEN: THUNDERING WILDLIFE - Zimbabwe Emerges as the Newest Eco-Destination
By Tracey C. Rembert
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CHATTANOOGA ON A ROLL - From America's Dirtiest City to Its Greenest
DOWN THE DRAIN - Getting Toxic Waste Out of Public Sewers
A RIVER REBORN - The American Restoration Movement Brings Streams--and Communities--Back to Life
A RIVER REBORN - The American Restoration Movement Brings Streams--and Communities--Back to Life
MERGING HOME AND OFFICE - Telecommuting is a High-Tech Energy Saver
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