By Scott Johnson
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
The ‘alala or Hawaiian crow is an endangered bird endemic to the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. An omnivore, the ‘alala’s former range extended over much of the southern portion of the island, in low to mid-elevation forests (~1000-6000 ft.). Exotic diseases and […] Read More »
By Jeff Hardesty, Jonathan Adams, Doria Gordon, & Louis Provencher
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
The colonel was not a happy man. As a high-ranking officer at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base, he had just been forced to reject a multi-million dollar test of the Star Wars missile defense system because he could not […] Read More »
By William I. Boarman & Sharon J. Coe
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Resource managers at Joshua Tree National Park, in southeastern California, are concerned about their new neighbor — Eagle Mountain Landfill. This large solid-waste landfill has been sited immediately adjacent to the park and is expected to receive up to 20,000 tons […] Read More »
By Jerry F. Franklin, David Lindenmayer, James A. MacMahon, Arthur McKee, John Magnuson, David A. Perry, Robert Waide, and David Foster
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in the Cascade Range of Washington State erupted cataclysmically. This was a monumental disturbance event, the likes of which had […] Read More »
By Russell N. Faux & Bruce McIntosh – Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Removing or disturbing riparian vegetation and water flow management changes the thermal characteristics of streams — and hence fundamentally alters the habitat for most aquatic species. Measuring […] Read More »
By Steven L. Yaffee and Julia M. Wondolleck
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Consider the Cameron County Agricultural Coexistence Committee, an unlikely alliance of farmers, government officials, and environmentalists formed in the late 1980s in south Texas. At issue was the protection of endangered species and their habitat on the Laguna Atascosa National […] Read More »
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
While roadside restoration is touted as a way to provide more habitat for native species, living along roads can do more harm than good. Florida scrub-jays that nest along a highway die in greater numbers than they reproduce, according to new findings published in the April issue of Conservation […] Read More »
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
The several thousand caves in the continental U.S. are concentrated in particular regions. Approximately 20% of the land area of the forty eight contiguous states is covered by cave-bearing rocks, largely limestone. Culver and his colleagues found that cave species are concentrated even further: more than 60% are […] Read More »
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Many people believe that getting rid of cows and goats is key to restoring Hawaii’s native ecosystems. But this is not nearly enough for the islands’ dry forests: canopy trees failed to regenerate even in an ungrazed preserve, according to new findings published in the April issue of […] Read More »
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Thanks in part to the emerging global economy and the widespread availability of the Internet, there are new ways to make economic growth benefit the environment, says Francesco Di Castri of the Center of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of the French National Center of Scientific Research in Montpellier […] Read More »
Winter 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Life on the forest edge is perilous for many species. Edges can attract predators from surrounding areas and can drive many insects, insect-eating birds, and small mammals further into the forest, thus reducing their effective habitat. Recent studies suggest that some edge effects may extend more than 60 […] Read More »
