January-March 2006 (Vol. 7, No. 1)
CONNECTING FLIGHTS Cover Story
Never mind the road map for peace. An unlikely marriage between bird conservation and military aviation is thriving on one of the most divisive pieces of real estate on Earth.
By Frances Cairncross
BON APPÉTIT Print Only
Ecologists are devising invasive species control strategies that would make Julia Child proud.
By Joe Roman
The recent Nature paper proposing to bring cheetahs, lions, and elephants to North America raised a wild rumpus. But are the critics missing the point?
By William Stolzenburg
INNOVATIONS
HIGH SEAS GARBAGE PICKUP
Satellite data hone in on ghost nets in the Pacific.
By Nancy Bazilchuk
RIGHT BRAIN-LEFT BRAIN CONSERVATION
Scientists and creative writers converge on long-term research.
By Nancy Bazilchuk
Smithsonian ornithologists delve deep into the concrete jungle.
By Joshua Brown
New standards require projects to save more than just carbon.
By Adelheid Fischer
NUMBERS IN CONTEXT
DO YOU TRUST THE SOURCE?
Scientists, government, NGOs . . . or TV. Where do Europeans and Americans turn for reliable environmental information?
ESSAYS
BREATHEPrint Only
by Joan Maloof
Hotspots Not Necessarily So Hot
Biodiversity May Curb West Nile Virus
Highways Are a Genetic Barrier for Bighorns
Phosphorus Pollution Limits Plant Diversity
Black Bears Wiped Out by Introduced Deer
Selective Logging Doubles Amazon Forest Damage
BOOK REVIEWS
FROM READERS
YOUR LETTERS AND COMMENTS
UNEASY CHAIR
WHAT DOES “WILD” REALLY MEAN?
by Jon Christensen

